(c) If the applicant is a graduate of a foreign medical school and has not completed 24 months of postgraduate training approved by the board and is not currently enrolled in a postgraduate training program but the applicant has other professional experience which the applicant believes has given that applicant the education and training substantially equivalent to 24 months of postgraduate training; then the applicant may submit documentary evidence illustrating substantially equivalent education and training. The board will review the documentary evidence and may make further inquiry, including a personal interview of the applicant, as the board deems necessary to determine whether substantial equivalence in fact exists. The burden of proof of such equivalence shall lie upon the applicant. If the board finds that the documentary evidence is substantially equivalent to the required training and experience the board may accept the experience in lieu of requiring the applicant to have completed 24 months of postgraduate training in a program approved by the board.
(d) The board approves of the following facilities and training programs to include, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, and the National Joint Committee on Approval of Pre-Registration of Physician Training Programs of Canada, or their successor organizations.
SECTION 2. Med 3 (title) is amended to read:
CHAPTER MED 3
VISITING PROFESSOR PHYSICIAN LICENSE
SECTION 3. Med 3.01 and 3.02 are amended to read:
Med 3.01 Authority and purpose. The rules in this chapter are adopted by the medical examining board pursuant to the authority delegated by ss. 15.08 (5), 227.11 (2) (a) and 448.40, Stats., and govern application for a temporary license to practice medicine and surgery under s. 448.04 (1) (b) 2., Stats., restricted license to practice medicine and surgery as a visiting physician under 448.04 (1) (bg), Stats., (hereinafter “visiting professor physician license”), and also govern practice thereunder. Med 3.02 Applications, credentials, and eligibility. An applicant who is a graduate of a foreign medical school located outside of the United States or Canada or an osteopathic college that is approved by the board and who is invited to serve on the academic staff of a medical school in this state as a visiting professor physician may apply to the board for a temporary visiting professor license visiting physician license and shall submit to the board all of the following:
(1) A completed and verified application for this purpose as required in s. Med 1.02 (1), which includes proof that the applicant has graduated from and possesses a diploma from a medical or osteopathic college that is approved by the board. (1m) Documentary evidence of licensure to practice medicine and surgery.
(2) A signed letter from the appointing authority president or dean of a medical school, facility, or college in this state indicating that the applicant has been invited to serve on the academic staff of such medical school as a visiting professor intends to teach, research, or practice medicine and surgery at a medical education facility, medical research facility or medical college in this state.
(3) A curriculum vitae setting out the applicant's education and qualifications and a verified photographic copy of the diploma (with translation) conferring the degree of doctor of medicine granted to the applicant by such school.
(4) A photograph of the applicant as required in s. Med 1.02 (4). (5) A verified statement that the applicant is familiar with the state health laws and the rules of the department of health services as related to communicable diseases.
(6) Documentary evidence of noteworthy attainment in a specialized field of medicine.
(7) Documentary evidence of post-graduate postgraduate training completed in the United States and/or or foreign countries.
(8) Oral interview conducted by at the discretion of the board.
(9) Documentary evidence that the applicant teaches medicine, engages in medical research, or practices medicine and surgery outside of Wisconsin.
SECTION 4. Med 3.04 is amended to read:
Med 3.04 Practice limitations. The holder of a temporary visiting professor physician license may practice medicine and surgery as defined in s. 448.01 (9), Stats., providing such practice is full-time and is entirely limited to the medical education facility, medical research facility, or the medical college where the license holder is teaching, researching, or practicing medicine and surgery and only within the terms and restrictions established by the board. the duties of the academic position to which the holder of such license is appointed. SECTION 5. Med 3.05 is repealed and recreated to read:
Med 3.05 Expiration and renewal. A visiting physician license is valid for one year and remains valid only while the license holder is actively engaged in teaching, researching, or practicing medicine and surgery and is lawfully entitled to work in the United States. The visiting physician license may be renewed at the discretion of the board.
SECTION 6. Med 3.06 is amended to read:
Med 3.06 Examination and interview. Applicants shall participate in an oral interview conducted by the board, and shall complete an open book examination on statutes and rules governing the practice of medicine and surgery in Wisconsin.
SECTION 7. Med 5 (title) is amended to read:
CHAPTER MED 5
TEMPORARY EDUCATIONAL PERMIT RESIDENT EDUCATIONAL LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE AND SURGERY
SECTION 8. Med 5.01 and 5.02 are amended to read:
Med 5.01 Authority and purpose. The rules in this chapter are adopted by the medical examining board pursuant to the authority delegated by ss. 15.08 (5), 227.11 and 448.40, Stats., and govern application for temporary educational permit the resident educational license to practice medicine and surgery under s. 448.04 (1) (c), Stats., s. 448.04 (1) (bm), Stats., (hereinafter "temporary resident educational permit license"), and also govern practice thereunder. Med 5.02 Applications, credentials, and eligibility. An applicant who has been appointed to accepted into a postgraduate training program in a facility in this state approved by the board under the provisions of s. Med 1.02 (3), and accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association, or a successor organization may apply to the board for a temporary educational permit resident educational license to practice medicine and surgery and shall submit to the board all of the following: (1) A completed and verified application supplied by the board for this purpose. These application forms are furnished by the board to the directors of training programs in approved facilities in this state and are available to the applicant from such directors.
(1m) Documentary evidence that the applicant is a graduate of and possesses a diploma from a medical or osteopathic school approved by the board.
(2) The documentary Documentary evidence and credentials required under s. Med 1.02 (2), (4) and (5) the applicant has been accepted into a postgraduate training program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association, or a successor organization. (3) A signed letter from the president or dean of the institution sponsoring the postgraduate training program into which the applicant has been accepted confirming that the applicant has been or will be accepted into a postgraduate training program.
(4) A verified statement that the applicant is familiar with the state health laws and rules of the department of health services as related to communicable diseases.
SECTION 9. Med 5.04 and 5.05 are amended to read:
Med 5.04 Practice limitations. The holder of a temporary educational permit to practice medicine and surgery resident educational license may, under the direction of a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery in this state, perform services requisite to the postgraduate training program in which that holder the licensee is serving. Acting under such direction, the holder of such temporary educational permit the resident educational licensee shall also have the right to prescribe drugs other than narcotics and controlled substances and to sign any certificates, reports or other papers for the use of public authorities which are required of or permitted to persons licensed to practice medicine and surgery. The holder of such temporary educational permit resident educational licensee shall confine his or her training and entire practice to the facility postgraduate training program in which the permit holder the resident educational licensee is taking the training and to the duties of such training.
Med 5.05 Revocation. Violation by the holder of a temporary educational permit a resident educational license to practice medicine and surgery of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any of the provisions of the Wisconsin Administrative Code or of ch. 448, Stats., which apply to persons licensed to practice medicine and surgery shall be cause for the revocation of such temporary educational permit resident educational license. SECTION 10. Med 5.06 is repealed and recreated to read:
Med 5.06 Expiration and renewal. A resident educational license to practice medicine and surgery granted under this chapter is valid for one year and may be renewed for additional one-year terms as long as the license holder is enrolled in their postgraduate training program.
SECTION 11. Ch. Med 23 is created to read: CHAPTER MED 23
ADMINISTRATIVE PHYSICIAN LICENSE
Med 23.01 Authority and purpose. The rules in this chapter are adopted by the medical examining board pursuant to the authority delegated by ss. 15.08 (5), 227.11, and 448.40, Stats., and govern application for licensure as an administrative physician under s.448.04 (1) (ac), Stats., and also govern practice thereunder.
