Section 17-4600. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

4600.1This chapter shall apply to applicants for and holders of a license to practice medicine.

 

4600.2Chapters 40 (Health Occupations: General Rules) and 41 (Health Occupations: Administrative Procedures) of this title shall supplement this chapter.

 

4600.3The Board shall only accept applications for licensure by one of the following means notwithstanding anything in Chapter 40 to the contrary:

 

(a)National examination;

 

(b)Waiver of national examination;

 

(c)Reactivation of an inactive license;

 

(d)Reinstatement of an expired, suspended, or revoked license; or

 

(e)Eminence pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.09a (2001).

 

4600.4An applicant shall establish to the Board's satisfaction that the applicant possesses appropriate skills, knowledge, judgment, and character to practice medicine.

 

4600.5An applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Board that the applicant is proficient in understanding and communicating medical concepts and information in English.

 

4600.6An applicant shall arrange to have submitted directly to the Board three (3) letters of reference from licensed physicians, in good standing in a jurisdiction of the United States, who have personal knowledge of the applicant's abilities and qualifications to practice medicine.

 

4600.7An applicant who completed the postgraduate clinical training requirement of § 4602.4 or § 4603.5 no more than three (3) years prior to the date of the application shall meet the requirements of § 4600.6 by submitting at least two (2) out of three (3) letters of reference from the following:

 

(a)The director of the applicant's postgraduate clinical training program; and

 

(b)A licensed physician who supervised the applicant's practice of medicine in a postgraduate clinical program.

 

4600.8An applicant who holds a license in another jurisdiction shall not be eligible for a license if one of the following applies:

 

(a)The applicant has surrendered a license in another jurisdiction while a disciplinary action was pending and has not been restored to licensure in that jurisdiction;

 

(b)The applicant has pending disciplinary or criminal charges for violation of any felony statute or any law regulating medicine or controlled substances;

 

(c)The applicant has engaged in conduct that would be grounds for disciplinary action under § 514(a) of the Act, D.C. Code § 2-3305.14 (1987 Supp.); or

 

(d)The applicant is not in good standing in a jurisdiction in which the applicant holds a license.

 

4600.9An applicant or licensee shall communicate with the Board through typed or legibly written documentation. Any applicant or licensee who fails to submit typed or legibly written documents, as determined by the Board, shall have those documents returned to him or her.

 

authority

Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is § 302(14) of the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985, D.C. Law 6-99, D.C. Code § 2-3303.2(14) (1988 Repl. Vol.), 33 DCR 729, 732 (February 7, 1986), and Mayor's Order 86-110, 33 DCR 5220 (August 22, 1986).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 5999 (August 5, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 6834 (July 22, 2005).