TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 18

PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS

54-1846.  designation of state of principal license. (1) A physician shall designate a member state as the state of principal license for purposes of registration for expedited licensure through the compact if the physician possesses a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in that state, and the state is:

(a)  The state of primary residence for the physician;

(b)  The state where at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the physician’s practice of medicine occurs;

(c)  The location of the physician’s employer; or

(d)  The state designated as the physician’s state of residence for purpose of federal income tax, if no other state qualifies under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this subsection.

(2)  A physician may redesignate a member state as the state of principal license at any time, as long as the state meets the requirements in subsection (1) of this section.

(3)  The interstate commission is authorized to develop rules to facilitate redesignation of another member state as the state of principal license.

History:

[54-1846, added 2015, ch. 105, sec. 1, p. 250.]