20 CSR 2150-2.060 - Temporary Licenses
(1) The
applicant is required to make application upon a form prepared by the
board.
(2) No application will be
considered unless fully and completely made out on the specified form and
properly attested.
(3) An applicant
shall present properly attached to the application blank with the application
one (1) photograph not larger than three and one-half inches by five inches (3
1/2" × 5").
(4) Applicants
applying for licensure who have graduated from schools outside the United
States or Canada must have and show proof of a permanent Educational Commission
for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certificate or show evidence to the board
that applicant has passed the equivalent licensing board examination in another
state.
(5) Completed applications
shall be sent by the superintendent of the hospital where the applicant is to
be in an approved training program to the executive director of the State Board
of Registration for the Healing Arts, P.O. Box 4, Jefferson City, MO 65102.
This requirement does not relieve the applicant of the responsibility for the
filing of the application and no applicant shall begin practicing until the
temporary license has been issued.
(6) The board shall charge each person
applying to it for certificate of temporary licensure to practice as a
physician and surgeon in Missouri an appropriate fee to be established by the
board. An appropriate fee shall be charged annually in the event the temporary
license is renewed. The fee shall be sent in the form of a bank draft or post
office money order or express money order. Personal checks will not be
accepted.
(7) The applicant shall
secure a recommendation of his/her moral, ethical and professional conduct from
the superintendent, chief of staff, or both, in the hospital in which s/he
desires to work.
(A) Applicants shall notify
the board when they leave the hospital where they are employed or where they
are engaged in a training program. The applicant's temporary license shall
expire immediately on the applicant's leaving the training program.
(B) The superintendent or director of the
hospital shall notify the executive director when a temporary licensee ceases
his/ her employment or training at the hospital.
(C) An applicant or a temporary licensee will
be required to appear before the board whenever directed by the
board.
(8) The executive
director will sign the temporary license.
(9) A letter shall be sent to the chief
executive officer and the director of the training program to inform them of
the board's decision to approve or deny issuance of the temporary license to
the applicant.
(10) The board may
terminate a temporary license at its own discretion.
(11) The superintendent or other officials of
hospitals approved by the board for temporary licensure are to furnish the
executive director a list of personnel employed in the hospitals as of January
15 and July 15 of each year. Failure of the superintendent or other responsible
official to furnish the executive director this list, at the discretion of the
board, may result in the withdrawal of approval of the hospital.
(12) The applicant must file photostatic
copies and official translations of his/her medical credentials with the
applications.
(13) Applicants who
are graduates of approved schools in the United States and are serving as
interns, residents or fellows in hospitals approved by the board for temporary
licensure in Missouri, must furnish satisfactory evidence of having attended an
approved school and receiving their degrees by filing a photostatic copy of the
professional diploma with the application.
(14) A temporary license may be issued to a
physician hired by a state-maintained hospital until s/he can take the next
examination offered by the board for permanent licensure, provided that the
physician has one (1) year of approved training in the United States.
(15) A temporary licensee holding the
position of a staff physician in a state-maintained hospital who fails the
examination for permanent licensure may not continue in the status of a staff
physician but may enter an American Medical Association/American Osteopathic
Association (AMA/ AOA)-approved training program. A temporary licensee who is
in an AMA/AOA-approved training program and fails the examination for permanent
licensure may continue in the training program until the next regular
examination.
(16) A temporary
license may be issued to physicians who are otherwise qualified by reason of
their employment in state-maintained hospitals or enrollment in an approved
training program for sabbatical service in Missouri, but this license may not
be renewed.
(17) A temporary license
must be renewed annually. The initial temporary license shall expire on the
first day of January or the first day of July following initial issuance
whichever date is closer to the date of initial issuance and shall be renewed
on or before the first anniversary of its expiration. Any renewal request not
received within fifteen (15) days of the expiration date must be accompanied by
a statement in writing from the applicant's training program explaining to the
satisfaction of the board the delay in requesting renewal and a statement
explaining what the applicant has been doing during the period of lapse. No
temporary licensee shall continue to practice beyond the expiration date of the
initial license or any renewal unless his/her license has been properly
renewed.
(18) After January 1, 1978,
no temporary license will be renewed unless the applicant or licensee provides
the board with satisfactory evidence of having obtained one (1) year of
training in an AMA/AOA-approved training program in the United
States.
(19) The holder of a
temporary license issued by the State Board of Registration for the Healing
Arts may be authorized to prescribe legend drugs, including controlled
substances for those patients cared for within the framework of the AMA/
AOA-approved training program in which s/he is enrolled. The institution's Drug
Enforcement Administration number, with a distinguishing suffix approved by the
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs of Missouri, shall be used by the
temporary licensee to demonstrate this authority.
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