5-91-10. Wakefield At its meeting on October 21, 2021, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine took disciplinary action against the medical licenses of William E. O'Connor, M.D., Robert L. Gordon, M.D., Tony Tannoury, M.D. The physician may not require prior payment of charges for medical services as a condition for obtaining a copy of the medical record. The Board may grant up to twelve (12) months of credit at the internship level to an applicant with a minimum of three (3) years of progressive international postgraduate training when advanced standing is also granted by the American Board of Medical Specialties. The requirements regarding the physician inactive list are pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws 5-37-11. "Director" means the Director, Rhode Island Department of Health. All hearings and reviews required under the provisions of the Act and this Part shall be held pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws 5-37-5.3 and 5-37-5.4. "Collaborative pharmacy practice" means that practice of pharmacy whereby a pharmacist with advanced training and experience relevant to the scope of collaborative practice agrees to work in collaboration with one (1) or more physicians for the purpose of drug therapy management of patients, such management to be pursuant to a protocol or protocols authorized by the physician(s) and subject to approval by the Department and any conditions and/or limitations thereto. Proof of malpractice insurance shall be provided to the Board upon request. 15. The Board of Medicine retains disciplinary documents on this website for a 7 year period. Surgery also is the diagnostic or therapeutic treatment of conditions or disease processes by any instruments causing localized alteration or transposition of human tissue which include lasers, ultra-sound, ionizing radiation, scalpels, probes, and needles. Notwithstanding the requirements of 1.4.2(A) of this Part, all or some of the postgraduate training requirement for graduates of schools of osteopathic medicine may be waived, at the discretion of the Board, for graduates who hold a full and unrestricted license to practice osteopathic medicine in another State/jurisdiction for at least five (5) years and are certified by the AOA or an ABMS Board. Telemedicine. Granting of licensure after a lapse for disciplinary reasons. 2.A physicians participation in the AOAs Osteopathic Continuous Certification (OCC) program will be considered equivalent to meeting CME requirement. 6.Compounding means the act of combining two (2) or more ingredients as a result of a practitioners prescription or medication order occurring in the course of professional practice based upon the individual needs of a patient and a relationship between the practitioner, patient and pharmacists. D.Conversion to Full/Unrestricted License. A physician with a volunteer license who wishes to resume active practice may convert the license to full/unrestricted license by paying the licensure fee as set forth in Part 10-05-2 of this Title, Fee Structure for Licensing, Laboratory and Administrative Services Provided by the Department of Health. In the event substantive or material changes are made to the agreement, such as addition of new disease states or conditions to be managed, the collaborative practice agreement shall be resubmitted to for BOP, BMLD, and Director approval. or any other title or designation implying a practitioner of allopathic or osteopathic medicine. Upon completion of the aforementioned requirements and upon submission of the initial licensure fee as set forth in, of this Title, Fee Structure for Licensing, Laboratory and Administrative Services Provided by the Department of Health, the Director may issue a license to those applicants found to have satisfactorily met all the requirements of this Part. 22. The Board may grant a temporary post-graduate license to practice medicine in Rhode Island as a physician to an individual who meets all of the following requirements: 1.Have successfully completed one (1) year of post graduate training in an accredited Rhode Island training program. Copying of X-rays or other documents not reproducible by photocopy shall be at the physician's actual cost plus reasonable fees for clerical service not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00). All medical record requests to physicians shall be made in writing through a properly executed Authorization for Release of Health Care Information. An applicant seeking licensure to practice medicine in Rhode Island and who is a Foreign Medical Graduate and a United States citizen at the time of attendance at said foreign school and who has completed all of the formal requirements of said medical school except internship and/or social services must: Have successfully completed a course of study from a medical school located outside the United States which is recognized by the World Health Organization and the Board; Have satisfactorily passed the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Examinations; Have attained a score satisfactory to a medical school approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education on a qualifying examination acceptable to the State Board for Medicine; Applicants shall have satisfactorily completed two (2) years of progressive postgraduate training, internship and residency or fellowship in a training program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. 2.The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE); 3.The Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination of the United States (COMLEX-USA). 1.Reimbursement to the physician for responding to a patient a copy of their medical record, regardless of format, shall be consistent with Federal law specifically 45 C.F.R. Further, a physician integrating medical acupuncture into his/her medical practice shall disclose to the patient the type of pathway (i.e., pain management, primary care) in which the physician was trained. 25.Telemedicine means, as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws 27-81-3, the delivery of clinical healthcare services by use of real time, two (2) way synchronous audio, video, telephone-audio-only communications or electronic media or other telecommunications technology including but not limited to: online adaptive interviews, remote patient monitoring devises, audiovisual communications, including the application of secure video conferencing or store-and-forward technology to provide or support healthcare deliver, which facilitate the assessment, diagnosis, counseling an prescribing treatment and care management of a patients healthcare while such patient is at an originating site and the healthcare provider is at a distant site, consistent with applicable Federal laws and Regulation. 2.Successfully passing a Board approved exam. Licensure renewal shall be denied to any applicant who fails to provide satisfactory evidence of continuing medical education as required by this Part. A temporary post-graduate license is a full unrestricted license that can be granted after one (1) year of post-graduate training and may not be renewed more than once. C.Reactivation or Reinstatement of an inactive or expired license after a lapse for non-disciplinary reasons is processed pursuant to 1.5.1(E) of this Part. Conversion to Full/Unrestricted License. b.Any site locations must have secure access to an Electronic Health Record (EHR) that ensures patient privacy and confidentiality. Upon BMLD approval, the collaborative practice agreement will be forwarded to the Director for approval. 9. No fees shall be charged to an applicant for benefits in connection with a Civil Court Certification Proceeding or a claim under the Workers Compensation Act, R.I. Gen. Laws 28-29-38 as reflected in R.I. Gen. Laws 23-17-19.1(16). Re-instatement of revoked licenses shall be at the discretion of the Board. 1.3.4Limited Medical Registration Requirements for Interns, Residents or Fellows. All collaborative practice agreements must include the following: Citation of the authority to establish the agreement; Identification and signatures of all parties to the agreement, as well as date of signature; Site and settings where the collaborative practice is to take place; The agreement shall specify the site(s) and setting(s) where the collaborative practice occurs. b.The pharmacist shall have prescriptive privileges including but not limited to initiating, adjusting, monitoring or discontinuing medication therapy. The Board may grant a license to practice medicine in Rhode Island as a volunteer physician to an individual who meets all of the following requirements: Be otherwise qualified for licensure as a physician pursuant to this Part. B.Every physician licensed during the current year who intends to practice allopathic or osteopathic medicine during the ensuing two (2) years shall file with the Board, before the first (1st) day of July of each even-numbered year, a renewal application, on such forms as the Chief Administrative Officer deems appropriate, and duly executed together with the renewal fee as set forth in Part 10-05-2 of this Title, Fee Structure for Licensing, Laboratory and Administrative Services Provided by the Department of Health on or before the first (1st) day of July in each even-numbered year. "Drug therapy management" means the review, in accordance with a collaborative practice agreement, of drug therapy regimen(s) of patients by a pharmacist for the purpose of rendering advice to one (1) or more physicians that are party to the agreement, or their physician designees, regarding adjustment of the regimen. 7.No fees shall be charged when a medical record is being sent from one (1) provider to the next in the context of a consultation. D.Foreign Medical Graduates/United States Citizens (Fifth [5th] Pathway). 1. A.A physician/pharmacist may engage in a collaborative practice agreement with a Rhode Island licensed pharmacist/physician, or group of pharmacists/physicians, pursuant to a collaborative practice agreement. There shall be no licensure fee for a volunteer physician license. 2.Hold unrestricted licenses in every jurisdiction that the candidate holds a license. Pathway). F.Granting of licensure after a lapse for disciplinary reasons. Staff attorneys can refer callers to other appropriate agencies, bring serious matters to the immediate attention of the board, and screen out those matters which do not allege any misconduct. + '?List={ListId}&ID={ItemId}'), /_layouts/15/images/sendOtherLoc.gif?rev=23, javascript:GoToPage('{SiteUrl}' + All services provided pursuant to a collaborative practice agreement shall be performed in a setting that ensures patient privacy and confidentiality. The physician shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses (as defined in 1.5.12(B) of this Part) incurred in connection with copying such medical records. A patient may withdraw from treatment under the agreement at any time. In all cases the practice of medicine under a limited medical registration shall be in accordance with policies and procedures established by the hospital, institution or other clinic designated on the certificate. 2.Successfully complete a course offered to physicians that has been approved by the American Board of Medical Acupuncture (ABMA). Among the over 1 million licensed physicians in the United States, about 8,000 disciplinary actions are taken each year by state medical boards, according to a recent report by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB). License and Disciplinary Actions. JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 _____ A N A C T. RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE EDWARD O. HAWKINS AND THOMAS C. SLATER MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT Introduced By: Representative Scott Slater Date Introduced: March 01, 2023 Referred To: House Corporations. Upon completion of the requirements contained in 1.4.5(A) of this Part, the Director may issue a volunteer physician license in accordance with 1.5.6(A) of this Part. A disciplinary action includes, but is not limited to, the refusal to issue or renew a license to practice medicine by any aforementioned entity. If a physician has not engaged in the active practice of medicine for two (2) years or more based on a disciplinary action from the Board or any other jurisdiction, the Board shall establish clinical competency based on any or all of the following: 1.An evaluation of clinical competency by a Board approved organization, such as the Center for Personalized Education for Physicians (CPEP). "Foreign medical graduate" means a physician (individual) whose basic medical degree or qualification was conferred by an allopathic medical school located outside the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Contact Disciplinary Actions The Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners has taken action against the following healthcare professionals (1988 to present). All of these surgical procedures are invasive, including those that are performed with lasers, and the risks of any surgical procedure are not eliminated by using a light knife or laser in place of a metal knife, or scalpel. The limited medical registration shall be granted annually for the duration of training. 1.Physicians who are fully licensed in Rhode Island or in an alternate jurisdiction, and who are entering or re-entering an accredited graduate medical education program (training program) are eligible for limited medical registration (training license). "Chief administrative officer" means the administrator of the Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline. A health care professional who has prescribing privileges and is employed by a collaborating physician may be in such an agreement. Such statement shall be submitted to the Board; 7.A written statement from the dean of the medical school attesting that an offer has been made to the individual for a full-time senior level academic appointment, including the recommendation that the applicant is a person of professional rank (i.e., associate or full professor) whose knowledge and special training will benefit the medical school; and. In order to update for the profile the information initially supplied to the Board by the physician at initial application for licensure, each physician shall provide the following information through the questionnaire: Number of years in practice in any State; Name(s) of the hospital(s) where the physician has privileges in any State, and. Provisions relative to signatory withdrawal from the agreement; A signatory may withdraw from the agreement at any time; provided, however, that in the event that withdrawal of such signatory would result in failure of the agreement for want of a party, a new party must contemporaneously be substituted consistent with the provisions of 1.5.14 of this Part. This requirement may be waived at the discretion of the Board for candidates approved by the Board who are participating in a short-term [less than six (6) month duration] postgraduate experience as part of a formal program administered by the director of an ACGME or AOA accredited residency or fellowship. Mammography and Medical Records Mammography. Submit documentation to the Board from an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) organization, or other similar entity, providing care for underinsured or uninsured patients, attesting to the physician's status as a volunteer physician and the absence of compensation (monetary or in-kind). The Fee for a temporary post-graduate physician license may be waived (for initial license and renewal) if within nine (9) months of issuance of this license the physician supplies to the Department proof of obtaining a DEA waiver (X number) to treat patients with medication assisted treatment. The Supreme Court appoints twelve (12) members to the Board, eight (8) of whom are attorneys and four (4) of whom are members of the public. day of June of every even-numbered year, on a biennial basis, earn a minimum of forty (40) hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit/AOA Category 1a continuing medical education credits and shall document this to the Board. A.Any physician licensed in Rhode Island under the provisions of the Act who seeks to practice medical acupuncture as a therapy shall comply with the following: 1.Meet the requirements for licensure as a doctor of acupuncture set forth in Part 8 of this Subchapter, Licensing Doctors of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine promulgated by the Rhode Island Department of Health; or. Documentation shall also include other pertinent information including but not limited to changes in conditions, telephone encounters, test results, and patient assessment. Upon BOP approval, the collaborative practice agreement will be forwarded to the BMLD. 14.Intern, resident, or fellow means a physician in training in an accredited postgraduate training program. License revoked. D.Physicians who have a full license in this or another jurisdiction who come to a Rhode Island graduate medical education program. For the purposes of this Part; medical acupuncture means acupuncture as practiced by physicians licensed under the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-37. 3.Receive no monetary or in-kind compensation for any clinical services provided as a physician. '/_layouts/15/docsetsend.aspx' 2. nd. 1.A physician who practices medical acupuncture as a therapy shall provide full written disclosure to his/her patient receiving medical acupuncture that the physicians qualifications to practice medical acupuncture are not equivalent to those of doctors of acupuncture licensed in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-37.2. 21.Postgraduate training means satisfactory training after earning the medical degree at an accredited program, or its equivalent as determined by the Board, including internship, residency and fellowship. Some allow the user to search for a specific physician and then report any "actions" in that physician's . Medical Records shall be legible and contain the identity of the physician or physician extender and supervising physician by name and professional title who is responsible for rendering, ordering, supervising or billing each diagnostic or treatment procedure. Pharmacy compounding includes the preparation of drugs or devices pursuant to a prescription or medication order or in anticipation or prescription or medication orders based upon routine, regularly observed prescribing patterns. Medical Board of California. C.Medical Records shall be stored by physicians or their authorized agents for a period of at least seven (7) years unless otherwise required by law or Regulation. No person, unless licensed to practice medicine in Rhode Island, shall practice allopathic or osteopathic medicine or surgery or attempt to practice allopathic or osteopathic medicine or surgery, or any of the branches of allopathic or osteopathic medicine or surgery after having received therefore or with the intent of receiving therefore, either directly or indirectly, any bonus, gift or compensation or who shall open an office with intent to practice allopathic or osteopathic medicine or shall hold himself or herself out to the public as a practitioner of allopathic or osteopathic medicine, whether by appending to his or her name the title of doctor or any abbreviation thereof, or M.D., or D.O. Any person or corporation or other legal entity receiving medical records of any retired physician or deceased physician who had been practicing at the time of his or her death, shall comply with and be subject to the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-37.3, the Confidentiality of Health Care Information Act, and shall be subject to the Rules and Regulations promulgated in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws 23-1-48 and with the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws 5-37-22(c) and (d), even though this person, corporation, or other legal entity is not a physician. The fee for a temporary post-graduate physician license is the same as a full license (since valid for one (1) year is pro-rated fifty percent (50%)). License Status - Statuses include: Profile is Being Updated - If you have questions or concerns, please contact the Division of Professions and Occupations at dora_dpo_licensing@state.co.us or 303-894-7800. 5.Requested records must be provided within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the written request or signed authorization for records. "Medical malpractice" or "malpractice" means any tort, or breach of contract based on health care or professional services rendered, or which should have been rendered, by a physician, dentist, hospital, clinic, health maintenance organization or professional service corporation providing health care services and organized under R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 7-5.1, to a patient or the rendering of medically unnecessary services except at the informed request of the patient.
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