The application shall include evidence satisfactory to the Board of completion of a prescribed program of continuing medical education established by the appropriate medical or osteopathic society. Telemedicine does not include an email message or facsimile transmission between the provider and patient, or an automated computer program used to diagnose and/or treat ocular or refractive conditions. The Board may in its discretion and upon the payment by the physician of the current licensure (registration) fee, plus an additional fee, as set forth in. In the event of a third (3rd) failure, opportunity for re-examination(s) shall be subject to the applicants completion of additional requirements as recommended by the Board on a case by case basis. While disciplinary investigations are confidential, formal charges are heard in proceedings open to the public. The records must contain sufficient information to justify the course of treatment, including, but not limited to: active problem and medication lists; patient histories; examination results; test results; records of drugs prescribed, dispensed, or administered; and reports of consultations and hospitalizations. 4.Successfully passing a Board approved exam. '/_layouts/15/itemexpiration.aspx' Only a summary list of those documents, not the documents themselves, shall be submitted with the application for renewal of the certification. Willful violation of the provisions of this section by a licensing candidate shall be grounds for immediate license suspension. Requests for medical records made by authorized third (3rd) parties (e.g., attorneys representing the patient, attorneys not representing the patient, a patient's estate on behalf of the patient, or insurance companies) submitting a properly executed Authorization for Release of Information shall be billed at not more than two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per page for the first ten (10) pages, then seventy-five cents ($0.75) per page for the next fifty (50) pages, then fifty cents ($0.50) per page. How Disciplinary Information is Collected 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. G.A limited medical registration certificate as an intern, resident or fellow shall be valid for a period of not more than one (1) year from the date of issuance and may be renewed annually for not more than four (4) consecutive years by the Department, except as provided in 1.3.4(E) of this Part. Upon BMLD approval, the collaborative practice agreement will be forwarded to the Director for approval. Periodically, a physician/practice may need to terminate the physician-patient relationship. Disciplinary Actions - Selection Criteria: Department of Health Licensing Contact & Hours Forms Programs Regulations Find Recent Actions/Orders Find Disciplinary Actions and Orders Violations against individual and facility licenses are posted here. Applicants from foreign medical schools shall present evidence of valid certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) including the provisions of 1.5.2(B)(1) of this Part. 2.Each license application, except from an applicant who qualifies for a license by endorsement pursuant to 1.4.3(A) of this Part, must also include a completed Federation Credentials Verification Form (FCVS) from the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc. 3.A statement from the Board of Examiners in Allopathic or Osteopathic Medicine in each State in which the applicant has held or holds licensure to be submitted to the Board of this state attesting the licensure status of the applicant during the time period applicant held licensure in said State; 4.The application examination 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; 5.Such other information as may be deemed necessary and appropriate by the Board. Granting of licensure after a lapse for disciplinary reasons. After the fifth (5th) consecutive renewal, a physician may reapply for limited registration in accordance with the provisions of 1.5.3(A) through (C) of this Part. The Board has no jurisdiction over actions concerning fees. 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. 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. . H.A limited registration certificate for academic faculty shall be valid for a period of not more than one (1) year, expiring on the thirtieth (30th) day of June following its initial effective date and may be renewed for not more than five (5) consecutive years by the Board, provided however, such registration shall automatically expire when the holder's relationship with the medical school is terminated or substantially changes. The Board will consider various factors, yet is not limited to these factors, when assessing fines, such as; Willingness of physician to ensure further violations do not occur. 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. There were 82 physician loss-of-license cas This shall include treatments related to laser hair removal. or any other title or designation implying a practitioner of allopathic or osteopathic medicine. Granting of licensure after a lapse for non-disciplinary reasons. In addition, one who attaches the title M.D., physician, surgeon, D.O., osteopathic physician and surgeon, or any other similar word or words or abbreviation to his or her name indicating that he or she is engaged in the treatment or diagnosis of the diseases, injuries or conditions of persons shall be held to be engaged in the practice of medicine. The Board accepts the CDCs Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care (September 2016) incorporated by reference at 1.1.2 of this Part, and any successor documents, as the prevailing standard of care regarding infection prevention. D.Physicians who have a full license in this or another jurisdiction who come to a Rhode Island graduate medical education program. All medical record requests to physicians shall be made in writing through a properly executed Authorization for Release of Health Care Information. Compounding sterile preparations or CSPs means a sterile drug or nutrient compounded in a licensed pharmacy or other healthcare-related facility pursuant to the order of a licensed prescriber; the article may or may not contain sterile products. "Physician" means any person licensed to practice allopathic or osteopathic medicine pursuant to the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-37. This framework incorporates core concepts from Just Culture, in order to help determine if a . +'?ID={ItemId}&List={ListId}'); return false;}}, null); javascript:SP.UI.ModalDialog.ShowPopupDialog('{SiteUrl}'+ Signatories to the collaborative practice agreement shall keep a copy of the agreement on file at their primary place(s) of practice. 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. All documents not written in the English language shall be accompanied by certified translations. 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. 3. Continuing Education. "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. Those documents must be safeguarded, for a period of three (3) years, by the physician for review by the Board if required. The applicant is responsible to report the results of an evaluation from a Board approved organization and follow the recommendations for ongoing competence; and. By Examination for Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians: Applicants shall be required to pass such examination as the Board deems necessary to test the applicant's knowledge and skills to practice medicine in Rhode Island pursuant to the Act and this Part. Such statement shall be submitted to the Board; 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. These Regulations hereby adopt and incorporate by reference the Centers for Disease Control ("CDC") "Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care" (September 2016), not including any further editions or amendments thereof, and only to the extent that the provisions therein are not inconsistent with this Part. The limited medical registration shall be granted annually for the duration of training. 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. All services provided pursuant to a collaborative practice agreement shall be performed in a setting that ensures patient privacy and confidentiality. Separate documentation shall be provided for each organization where the applicant intends to provide services as a volunteer physician. 2.Notwithstanding the requirements of 1.4.1(B)(3) of this Part, all or some of the postgraduate training requirement for graduates of schools located in Canada may be waived, at the discretion of the Board, for graduates who hold a full and unrestricted medical license in another State/jurisdiction for at least five (5) years and are certified by an ABMS Board. Infection Prevention. 1.Limited medical registration shall only be granted to individuals appointed as intern, resident or, fellow in a hospital licensed in Rhode Island, or other institution or clinic pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws 5-37-16 for the purpose of obtaining training in a medical program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, (ACGME), the American Osteopathic Association, (AOA), or other accrediting body approved by the Board, or to a fellow for the purpose of teaching, research and/or training in conjunction with a medical education program in a medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME) or by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA). 1. 3. "License" is synonymous with registration certificate. +'?ID={ItemId}&List={ListId}', 'center:1;dialogHeight:500px;dialogWidth:500px;resizable:yes;status:no;location:no;menubar:no;help:no', function GotoPageAfterClose(pageid){if(pageid == 'hold') {STSNavigate(unescape(decodeURI('{SiteUrl}'))+ 10. D.Conversion to Full/Unrestricted License. Licensure. 2.A physicians participation in the AOAs Osteopathic Continuous Certification (OCC) program will be considered equivalent to meeting CME requirement. The licenses (registration certificates) of all allopathic or osteopathic physicians whose renewals, accompanied by the prescribed fee, are not filed on or before the first (1, ) day of July shall be automatically lapsed. A health care professional who has prescribing privileges and is employed by a collaborating physician may be in such an agreement. State medical boards pursued a total of 264 cases of disciplinary action for license revocation in . July 3, 2022 July 3, 2022. 8.Department means the Rhode Island Department of Health. 4.The Licentiate Medical Council of Canada (LMCC); 5.Or any combination of examinations acceptable to the Board and as recommended by the United States Medical Licensing Examination; 6.The passing score for each section of the above examinations must be seventy-five (75) or more (The Board does not accept averaging of the separate components.). Proof of malpractice insurance shall be provided to the Board upon request. Upon BOP approval, the collaborative practice agreement will be forwarded to the BMLD. B.A limited medical registration certificate (for postgraduate training) shall entitle the holder thereof to practice medicine in the hospital or other institution designated on the certificate of limited registration, or outside such hospital or other institution for the treatment under the supervision of one of its medical staff who is a duly licensed physician [i.e. To determine the discipline history of a particular licensee, you may use New Hampshire's Online License Verification website, which provides the disciplinary documents and the current status of the license. For written examinations, the Board requires applicants to successfully pass the following: The National Board of Allopathic or Osteopathic Medical Examination (NBME) or (NBOME); or. If the physician chooses to practice outside of the accredited graduate medical education program at any time during the period of training, a full medical license is required. 1.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. A volunteer physician shall be required to complete continuing medical education in accordance with 1.5.5(A) of this Part. "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. The Disciplinary Board serves two (2) important functions: to protect the public and to maintain the integrity of the legal profession. An applicant seeking licensure to practice medicine in Rhode Island must: 2.Have graduated from a medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME); 3.Have satisfactorily completed two (2) years of progressive post graduate training, internship and residency, in a program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; 4.Have satisfactorily passed an examination approved by the Board; and. The Director at the direction of the Board, after due notice and hearing, in accordance with the procedures set forth in R.I. Gen. Laws 5-37-5.2 to 5-37-6.2, may refuse to grant the original license to any physician and/or applicant who fulfills the grounds for such refusal pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws 5-37-4. The physician may not require prepayment of charges for duplicating or retrieving records as a condition prior to fulfilling the patient's request for the medical record if the request is for the purpose of continuity of care. The Board oversees the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, which reviews and investigates all allegations of attorney misconduct. is processed pursuant to 1.5.1(E) of this Part. Discharging a Patient from a Practice. of this Chapter and the United States Pharmacopeia (USP). Staff attorneys are frequent presenters at continuing legal education seminars designed to inform attorneys of their ethical obligations to their clients and to the legal system. Intern, resident, or fellow means a physician in training in an accredited postgraduate training program. The BMLD created a framework in the context of Just Culture to evaluate allegations of misconduct regarding physicians. The tissue can be cut, burned, vaporized, frozen, sutured, probed, or manipulated by closed reductions for major dislocations or fractures, or otherwise altered by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means. It shall be the sole responsibility of the individual physician to obtain documentation from the approved sponsoring or co-sponsoring organizations, agencies or other, of his or her participation in a learning experience and the number of dated credits earned. "Act" means R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-37 entitled "Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline.". Discipline Out of State Board Discipline Physician Information License Number - The Board of Registration in Medicine assigns a license number for each approved license. 1.It shall be the responsibility of each hospital, clinic or other institution to submit, on or before April 1 of each year to the Department for its approval, a list of affiliated hospitals, institutions, clinics or programs providing training programs for interns, residents or, fellows. Documentation shall also include other pertinent information including but not limited to changes in conditions, telephone encounters, test results, and patient assessment. Should instances arise relating to the retrieval and copying of medical records which are not specifically covered by this Part, a fee structure consistent with that described above shall apply. License Status - Statuses include: Profile is Being Updated - Continuing medical education (CME) shall be required in accordance with 1.5.5(A) of this Part, participation in an accredited post-graduate medical education program shall satisfy the requirements of CME. 5-91-10. 5.Separate documentation shall be provided for each organization where the applicant intends to provide services as a volunteer physician. B.Graduates of Schools Located in Canada. In addition, one who attaches the title M.D., physician, surgeon, D.O., osteopathic physician and surgeon, or any other similar word or words or abbreviation to his or her name indicating that he or she is engaged in the treatment or diagnosis of the diseases, injuries or conditions of persons shall be held to be engaged in the practice of medicine. Charges shall not be made if the record is requested for immunization records required for school admission or by the applicant or beneficiary or individual representing an applicant or beneficiary for the purposes of supporting a claim or appeal under the provision of the Social Security Act or any Federal or State needs-based program such as Medical Assistance, RIte Care, Temporary Disability Insurance and Unemployment compensation. Foreign Medical Graduates/United States Citizens (Fifth [5. ] 1.Infection Prevention. 1.The Board is authorized to issue monetary fines, in addition to other sanctions. 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. '/_layouts/15/Reporting.aspx' Be retired from the active practice of medicine and whose only clinical activities will be volunteering in clinics and other facilities that provide medical care to underinsured or uninsured patients. c.New participants in the collaborative practice agreement shall be kept up to date with names and signatures at the practice site. A.The requirements regarding patient disclosures are pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws 5-37-22. The requirements for limited registration of academic faculty are pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws 5-37-16.1. "Board" means the Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline or any committee or subcommittee thereof established under the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws 5-37-1.1. 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: Applicants whose physician licenses either are or have been suspended or revoked in another jurisdiction must submit a letter of good standing to the Board from the originating jurisdiction prior to their application being considered in Rhode Island. Physicians who receive a fee waiver who do not supply evidence of aforementioned DEA waiver (X number) within nine (9) months will be billed for the full license fee. Each year, thousands of Rhode Islanders contact the office and receive information. When a board receives a complaint about a physician, the board has the power to investigate, hold hearings and impose discipline, including suspension, probation or revocation of a physician's license, public reprimands, and fines. "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. License revocation is the most severe type of disciplinary action that a medical board may render unto a licensee. Physicians are prohibited from charging patients who requests their own records a retrieval or certifying fee for duplicating medical records. A temporary post-graduate physician license is valid for one (1) year from issue date may be renewed only once, the fee upon renewal is the same as a physician license and may be waived, if physician has submitted evidence to the department of DEA waiver (X number). Law 105-248, and 21 C.F.R. An applicant seeking licensure to practice Osteopathic Medicine in Rhode Island must: 2.Have graduated from an osteopathic medical school located in the United States that is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association; 3.Have satisfactorily completed two (2) years of progressive post graduate training, internship and residency in a program approved by the American Osteopathic Association or the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education: 5.Meet such other requirements as set forth by Regulations or as may be established by the Board. Pathway). An online library of the Board's various forms, publications, brochures, alerts, statistics, and medical resources. Telemedicine does not include an email message or facsimile transmission between the provider and patient, or an automated computer program used to diagnose and/or treat ocular or refractive conditions. Proof of malpractice insurance shall be provided to the Board upon request. The holder shall reapply for limited registration in accordance with the requirements of 1.5.3(A) through (C) of this Part if the relationship with the medical school substantially changes. "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. 1.At least ninety (90) days before voluntary closure of his or her practice, the physician shall send notice to the last known address (mail and/or email) of each patient seen within two (2) years of the actual or expected date of closure, which notice must include, at minimum, the actual or expected date of closure and instructions for obtaining patient medical records before and after closure. A.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. Decisions involving drug therapy management shall be made in the best interests of the patient. F.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: 2.Number of years in practice in any State; 3.Name(s) of the hospital(s) where the physician has privileges in any State, and.

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