2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 311 - PHYSICIANS, OSTEOPATHS, PODIATRISTS, AND RELATED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS 311.571 Qualifications for licenses -- Exception in extraordinary circumstances.
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311.571 Qualifications
circumstances.
(1)
(2)
for
licenses
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Exception
in
extraordinary
No applicant who is a graduate of a medical or osteopathic school located
within the United States and its territories and protectorates or Canada shall be
eligible for a regular license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth unless
the applicant:
(a) Is able to understandably speak, read, and write the English language;
(b) Has graduated from an accredited college or university or has
satisfactorily completed a collegiate course of study necessary for entry
into an approved medical or osteopathic school or college;
(c) Has graduated from a prescribed course of instruction in a medical or
osteopathic school or college situated in the United States or Canada and
approved by the board;
(d) Has satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of postgraduate training
of a duration to be established by the board in an administrative
regulation promulgated in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A, after
consultation with the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, the
University of Louisville School of Medicine, and the Pikeville College
School of Osteopathic Medicine;
(e) Has successfully completed an examination prescribed by the board;
(f) Has complied with the requirements of KRS 214.615(1); and
(g) Has fulfilled all other reasonable qualifications for regular licensure that
the board may prescribe by regulation.
No applicant who is a graduate of a medical or osteopathic school located
outside the United States or Canada shall be eligible for a regular license to
practice medicine in the Commonwealth unless the applicant:
(a) Is able to understandably speak, read, and write the English language;
(b) Has successfully completed a course of study necessary for entry into an
approved medical or osteopathic school or college;
(c) Has graduated from a prescribed course of instruction in a medical or
osteopathic school or college situated outside the United States or
Canada and approved by the board or is a citizen of the United States
and has been awarded a diploma by an approved medical or osteopathic
school located within the United States or Canada as part of a program
designed to allow for the transfer of students to such schools from
schools located outside the United States or Canada;
(d) Has successfully completed an examination prescribed by the board;
(e) Has been certified by the educational commission for foreign medical
graduates or by an approved United States specialty board;
(f) Has satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of postgraduate training
of a duration to be established by the board in an administrative
regulation promulgated in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A, after
consultation with the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, the
University of Louisville School of Medicine, and the Pikeville College
School of Osteopathic Medicine;
(g)
(h)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Has complied with the requirements of KRS 214.615(1); and
Has fulfilled all other reasonable qualifications for regular licensure that
the board may prescribe by regulation.
No applicant shall be eligible for a limited license-institutional practice unless
the applicant:
(a) Has fulfilled all the requirements for regular licensure as delineated in
subsection (1) of this section; or
(b) Has fulfilled the requirements for regular licensure as delineated in
paragraphs (a) through (e) and (h) of subsection (2) of this section and in
addition has satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of postgraduate
training of at least one (1) full year's duration approved by the board;
(c) Has complied with the requirements of KRS 214.615(1); and
(d) Has fulfilled all other reasonable qualifications for limited licensure that
the board may prescribe by regulation.
The board may grant an applicant a limited license-institutional practice for a
renewable period of one (1) year if the applicant:
(a) Has fulfilled the requirements for regular licensure as delineated in
paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (e), and (h) of subsection (2) of this section;
(b) Has fulfilled the requirements for a limited license-institutional practice as
indicated in subsection (3)(d) of this section;
(c) Has satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of postgraduate training
of at least one (1) full year's duration approved by the board; and
(d) Has complied with the requirements of KRS 214.615(1).
The board may grant an applicant a fellowship training license for a renewable
period of one (1) year if the applicant:
(a) Has been accepted for a fellowship approved by the administration of any
of Kentucky's medical schools and conducted under the auspices of that
medical school; or
(b) Has graduated from a medical school located outside the United States
or Canada that has been approved by the board, and:
1.
Has been certified by the appropriate licensing authority in his or her
home country in the subject specialty of the fellowship; and
2.
Is able to demonstrate that he or she is a physician of good
character and is in good standing in the country where he normally
practices medicine.
(a) The board may grant an applicant a special faculty license for a
renewable period of one (1) year if the applicant:
1.
Holds or has been offered a full-time faculty appointment at an
accredited Kentucky medical or osteopathic school approved by the
board and is nominated for a special faculty license by the dean of
the school of medicine or school of osteopathy;
2.
Possesses a current valid license to practice medicine or osteopathy
issued by another state, country, or other jurisdiction;
3.
Is able to understandably speak, read, and write the English
language;
4.
Is board certified in his or her specialty;
5.
Is not otherwise eligible for a regular license under this chapter; and
6.
Is not subject to denial of a license under any provision of this
chapter.
(b) The applicant shall submit the fee established by administrative
regulation promulgated by the board for an initial license to practice
medicine.
(c) An applicant approved for a license under this subsection shall not
engage in the practice of medicine or osteopathy outside an accredited
medical school program or osteopathic school program and any affiliated
institution or program for which the medical school or osteopathic school
has assumed direct responsibility.
(d) The board may grant a regular license to practice medicine or osteopathy
to a person who has had a special faculty license for a period of at least
five (5) consecutive years.
(7) An applicant seeking regular licensure in the Commonwealth who was
originally licensed in another state may obtain licensure in the
Commonwealth without further testing and training if the applicant:
(a) Has been endorsed in writing by the applicant's original licensing state as
being licensed in good standing in that state; and
(b) Would have satisfied all the requirements for regular licensure described
in the preceding subsections had the applicant sought original licensure in
this state.
(8) No applicant shall be granted licensure in the Commonwealth unless the
applicant has successfully completed an examination prescribed by the board
in accordance with any rules that the board may establish by regulation
concerning passing scores, testing opportunities and test score recognition.
(9) Notwithstanding any of the requirements for licensure established by
subsections (1) to (8) of this section and after providing the applicant or
reregistrant with reasonable notice of its intended action and after providing a
reasonable opportunity to be heard, the board may deny licensure to an
applicant or the reregistrant of an inactive license without a prior evidentiary
hearing upon a finding that the applicant or reregistrant has violated any
provision of KRS 311.595 or 311.597 or is otherwise unfit to practice. Orders
denying licensure may be appealed pursuant to KRS 311.593.
(10) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the board may grant licensure to an
applicant in extraordinary circumstances upon a finding by the board that
based on the applicant's exceptional education, training, and practice
credentials, the applicant's practice in the Commonwealth would be beneficial
to the public welfare.
(11) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, the board may exercise its
discretion to grant a visiting professor license to an applicant after considering
the following:
(a) Whether the applicant meets the qualifications for a regular license;
(b)
Whether the applicant is licensed to practice medicine in other states or in
other countries; and
(c) The recommendation of the program director of an accredited medical
school that confirms the applicant's employment as a visiting professor
and that includes, if necessary, written justification for a waiver of the
requirements specified in subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
Orders denying applications for a visiting professor license shall not be
appealed under KRS 311.593.
Effective:July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 175, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. -Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 35, sec. 2, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2000 Ky.
Acts ch. 379, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 190,
sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 443, sec. 16,
effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 251, sec. 3, effective July
13, 1984.
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