2018 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 311 - PHYSICIANS, OSTEOPATHS, PODIATRISTS, AND RELATED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS .560 Prohibition against practice of medicine or osteopathy without license -- Exceptions.
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311.560
Prohibition against practice of medicine or osteopathy without
license -- Exceptions.
(1)
(2)
Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no person shall engage or
attempt to engage in the practice of medicine or osteopathy within this state, or
open, maintain, or occupy an office or place of business within this state for
engaging in practice, or in any manner announce or express a readiness to
engage in practice within this state, unless the person holds a valid and
effective license or permit issued by the board as hereinafter provided.
The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to:
(a) Commissioned medical officers of the Armed Forces of the United States,
or medical officers of the United States Public Health Service, the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs, and other agencies of the
government of the United States of America, while said persons are
engaged in the performance, within this state, of their official duties under
federal laws;
(b) 1.
Persons who, being nonresidents of Kentucky and lawfully licensed
to practice medicine or osteopathy in their states of actual
residence, infrequently engage in the practice of medicine or
osteopathy within this state, when called to see or attend particular
patients in consultation and association with a physician licensed
pursuant to this chapter; or
2.
Persons who, being current participants in a medical residency
program outside of Kentucky and lawfully licensed to practice
medicine or osteopathy in the states of their medical residency
programs, who participate in a temporary residency rotation of no
more than sixty (60) days at a hospital in this Commonwealth. All
persons who participate in a temporary residency rotation under this
paragraph shall register with the board at no cost, on forms provided
by the board, and shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the board for
so long as they participate in the residency rotation. Persons who
wish to participate in a second or subsequent temporary residency
rotation under this paragraph shall seek advance approval of the
board;
(c) Graduates of medical or osteopathic schools approved by the board,
while engaged in performing supervised internship or first-year
postgraduate training approved by the board at hospitals in this state. All
first-year postgraduate trainees shall register with the board at no cost, on
forms provided by the board. No first-year postgraduate trainee shall
violate the provisions of KRS 311.595 or KRS 311.597, and any first-year
postgraduate trainee who is released or discharged from a training
program for a reason that falls within KRS 311.595 or 311.597 shall be
reported by the program director to the board. A residency physician who
participates in a temporary residency rotation under paragraph (b) of this
subsection shall not be required to obtain a license under KRS 311.530 to
311.620;
(d) Physicians employed by a sports entity visiting Kentucky for a specific
sporting event when the physician holds an active medical or osteopathic
(e)
license in another state and limits the practice of medicine in Kentucky to
medical treatment of the members, coaches, and staff of the sports entity
that employs the physician; or
Persons who are nonresidents of Kentucky and licensed to practice
medicine or osteopathy in their states of residence and are providing
medical services as a charitable health-care provider in Kentucky through
a nonprofit, all-volunteer sponsoring organization as provided for under
KRS 216.940 to 216.945, after confirming to the board that their licenses
are currently in good standing in their states of residence and having
been issued a written waiver by the board to provide these services
during the specific period stated in the written waiver.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 17, effective June 29, 2017. -Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 2, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2007
Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 10, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch.
35, sec. 3, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 5,
effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 291, sec. 1, effective July
14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 228, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 495, sec. 12, effective January 1, 1991. -- Amended
1972 Ky. Acts ch. 218, sec. 7. -- Created 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 150, sec. 3, effective
June 19, 1952.
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