Register November 2011 No. 671
Chapter Med 4
CAMP PHYSICIAN OR LOCUM TENENS LICENSE
Med 4.01 Authority and purpose.
Med 4.02 Applications, credentials, and eligibility.
Med 4.05 Practice limitations.
Med 4.06 Expiration and renewal.
Ch. Med 4 Note
Note: Chapter Med 4 as it existed on October 31, 1976 was repealed and a new chapter Med 4 was created effective November 1, 1976.
Med 4.01
Med 4.01 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, and issuance of, temporary license to practice medicine and surgery under s.
448.04 (1) (b) 3., Stats., (hereinafter “camp physician or locum tenens license"), and also govern practice thereunder.
Med 4.01 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 1976, No. 250, eff. 11-1-76; correction made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register, May, 1989, No. 401.
Med 4.02
Med 4.02 Applications, credentials, and eligibility. An applicant who holds a valid license to practice medicine and surgery issued by another licensing jurisdiction of the United States or Canada may apply to the board for temporary camp physician or locum tenens license and shall submit to the board the following:
Med 4.02(1)
(1) A completed and verified application form supplied by the board for this purpose.
Med 4.02(2)
(2) A letter from a physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery in this state requesting the applicant's services, or a letter from a camp organization or other recreational facility of this state requesting the applicant's services.
Med 4.02(3)
(3) A verified photostatic copy of a license to practice medicine and surgery in another licensing jurisdiction of the United States or Canada issued to the applicant and verified documentary evidence of the applicant's current eligibility to practice under that license in that jurisdiction.
Med 4.02(5)
(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.
Med 4.02(6)
(6) The required fees made payable to the Wisconsin department of safety and professional services.
Med 4.02 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 1976, No. 250, eff. 11-1-76; cr. (6),
Register, February, 1997, No. 494, eff. 3-1-97; correction in (5) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 6., Stats.,
Register, December, 1999, No. 528;
correction in (5), (6) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6., Stats., Register November 2011 No. 671. Med 4.04
Med 4.04 Examination. All applicants shall complete an open book examination on statutes and rules governing the practice of medicine and surgery in Wisconsin.
Med 4.04 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 1976, No. 250, eff. 11-1-76;
r. and recr.
Register, February, 1997, No. 494, eff. 3-1-97.
Med 4.05
Med 4.05 Practice limitations. The holder of a temporary camp physician or locum tenens license may engage in the practice of medicine and surgery as defined in s.
448.01 (9), Stats., providing such practice is confined to the camp or recreational facility or geographical area for which the license is issued. As used in s.
448.04 (1) (b) 3., Stats., the term, “temporarily maintaining the practice of another physician," includes providing emergency room services normally provided by another physician.
Med 4.05 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 1976, No. 250, eff. 11-1-76; am.
Register, June, 1981, No. 306, eff. 7-1-81.
Med 4.06
Med 4.06 Expiration and renewal. A temporary camp physician or locum tenens license shall expire 90 days from the date of its issuance. For cause shown to the satisfaction of the board, the board may renew such temporary license for additional periods of 90 days each, but no such license may be renewed more than 3 consecutive times.
Med 4.06 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 1976, No. 250, eff. 11-1-76;
am.
Register, June, 1996, No. 486, eff. 7-1-96.
