54.1-2936 - Limited licenses to certain graduates of foreign medical schools. - Virginia Statutes

§ 54.1-2936. Limited licenses to certain graduates of foreign medical schools.

A. After receiving a recommendation from the dean of an accredited medicalschool which was reached after consultation with the chairmen of thedepartments in the school or college and having become satisfied that theapplicant is a person of professorial rank whose knowledge and specialtraining will benefit the medical school or educational programs sponsored bythe medical school in affiliated hospitals, the Board may issue a limitedlicense to practice medicine in the hospitals and outpatient clinics of theschool or college or in a hospital formally affiliated with the medicalschool for purposes of undergraduate or postgraduate medical education to agraduate of a foreign medical school as long as he serves as a full-time oradjunct faculty member. This limited license shall be valid for a period ofnot more than one year, but may be renewed annually by the Board uponrecommendation of the dean of the medical school and continued service as afull-time or adjunct faculty member.

B. After receiving a recommendation from the dean of an accredited medicalschool which was reached after consultation with the chairmen of thedepartments in the school or college and having become satisfied that theapplicant is a person whose attendance will benefit the medical school, theBoard may issue a limited license to practice medicine as a fellow if suchfellowship is ranked between the residency level and that of associateprofessor. This limited license shall only authorize the holder to practicemedicine in the hospitals and outpatient clinics of the school while he is afull-time fellow. The license shall be valid for a period of not more thanone year, but may be renewed upon recommendation of the dean of the medicalschool and continuation of the fellowship. A limited license to a foreigngraduate engaged in a fellowship shall not be renewed more than twice.

(1964, c. 285, § 54-311.1; 1970, c. 69; 1975, c. 508; 1977, c. 586, §54-311.2; 1988, c. 765; 2003, c. 473.)