TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 18

PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS

54-1813.  Temporary license and registration. (1) The board may by rule provide for the issuance of a temporary license to a person licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine in some other state, territory, or district of the United States or Canada or to a person who is a diplomate of the national board of medical examiners or a diplomate of the national board of osteopathic medical examiners or to a physician assistant, excluding any volunteer license applicant, provided that such temporary license shall be issued only to persons who have made an application for a permanent license in this state. The board shall fix and collect a fee for a temporary license and it shall be valid from the date of issuance for one hundred twenty (120) days, unless extended by the board or its designated representative upon a showing of good cause.

(2)  The board may by rule provide for temporary registration of interns and residents. The board shall fix and collect a fee for the temporary registration and shall specify the time period of the temporary registration.

History:

[54-1813, added 1977, ch. 199. sec. 13, p. 546; am. 1998, ch. 177, sec. 4, p. 662; am. 2019, ch. 26, sec. 15, p. 67; am. 2023, ch. 155, sec. 1, p. 419; am. 2024, ch. 216, sec. 6, p. 770.]