(1)Any person serving an approved
internship, residency, or fellowship, as defined by this article 240, in a hospital in
this state may do so for an aggregate period of up to six years under the authority
of a physician training license issued pursuant to this section and without a license
to practice medicine issued pursuant to section 12-240-110 or 12-240-114.
(2)No person shall be granted a physician training license unless the person
meets the following criteria:
(a)The person has been accepted into and demonstrates the intention to
participate in an approved internship, residency, or fellowship, as defined by this
article 240; and
(b)The person is not otherwise licensed to practice medicine in this state.
(3)The board may refrain from issuing a physician training licen
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(1) Any person serving an approved
internship, residency, or fellowship, as defined by this article 240, in a hospital in
this state may do so for an aggregate period of up to six years under the authority
of a physician training license issued pursuant to this section and without a license
to practice medicine issued pursuant to section 12-240-110 or 12-240-114.
(2) No person shall be granted a physician training license unless the person
meets the following criteria:
(a) The person has been accepted into and demonstrates the intention to
participate in an approved internship, residency, or fellowship, as defined by this
article 240; and
(b) The person is not otherwise licensed to practice medicine in this state.
(3) The board may refrain from issuing a physician training license, or may
grant a physician training license subject to terms or probation, for any of the
reasons listed in section 12-240-120 (1)(a), (1)(b), or (1)(c). An applicant whose
physician training license is denied or is granted subject to terms of probation may
seek review pursuant to section 24-4-104 (9); except that, if an applicant accepts a
physician training license that is subject to terms of probation, acceptance shall be
in lieu of and not in addition to the remedies set forth in section 24-4-104 (9).
(4) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the board shall issue
a physician training license upon receipt of a statement from the approved
internship, residency, or fellowship program stating that the applicant meets the
criteria set forth in subsection (2) of this section and that the approved internship,
residency, or fellowship accepts responsibility for the applicant's training while in
the program. The statement shall be signed by the program director, clinical
director, or other physician responsible for the training of the applicant. The
statement shall be submitted to the board no later than thirty days prior to the date
on which the applicant begins the approved internship, residency, or fellowship in
this state.
(5) Where feasible, the applicant shall submit a completed application, on a
form approved by the board, on or before the date on which the applicant begins
the approved internship, residency, or fellowship in this state. Any physician
training license granted pursuant to this section shall expire if a completed
application is not received by the board sixty days after the applicant begins the
approved internship, residency, or fellowship in this state. The board may establish
and charge an application and renewal fee not to exceed fifty dollars for physician
training licenses pursuant to section 12-20-105. Applicants and renewal applicants
shall not be required to pay any fee pursuant to section 12-240-131.
(6) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a physician training license
shall be subject to renewal as set forth in section 12-240-130 (1) and (2). In no event
shall any person hold a Colorado physician training license for more than an
aggregate period of six years.
(7) A physician training licensee may practice medicine as defined by this
article 240 with the following restrictions:
(a) A physician training licensee shall be authorized to practice medicine
only under the supervision of a physician licensed to practice medicine pursuant to
section 12-240-110 or 12-240-114 and only as necessary for the physician training
licensee's participation in the approved internship, residency, or fellowship
designated on the licensee's application for a physician training license.
(b) (I) A physician training license shall expire:
(A) Within sixty days under the circumstances described in subsection (5) of
this section;
(B) At the time the physician training licensee ceases to participate in the
approved internship, residency, or fellowship program identified on the licensee's
application form; or
(C) At the time the physician training licensee obtains any other license to
practice medicine issued by the board.
(II) If a physician training licensee entered an approved internship, residency,
or fellowship other than the approved internship, residency, or fellowship indicated
on the licensee's application, the licensee shall file a new application with the board
pursuant to subsections (4) and (5) of this section.
(c) A physician training licensee shall not:
(I) Delegate the rendering of medical services to a person who is not licensed
to practice medicine pursuant to section 12-240-107 (3)(l); or
(II) Enter into a collaborative agreement with physician assistants as
described in sections 12-240-107 (6) and 12-240-114.5.
(d) The issuance of a physician training license shall not be construed to
require the board to issue the physician training licensee a license to practice
medicine pursuant to section 12-240-110 or 12-240-114.
(8) A physician training licensee may be disciplined for unprofessional
conduct as defined in section 12-240-121, pursuant to the procedures outlined in
section 12-240-125.
(9) Licensed physicians responsible for the supervision of interns, residents,
or fellows in graduate training programs shall report to the board no later than
thirty days after a physician training licensee has been terminated or has resigned
from the approved internship, residency, or fellowship.