§ 25-22.5-16-5 — Application for expedited license; issuance; fees; termination; fees

Indiana § 25-22.5-16-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 25: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
• Art. 22.5: PHYSICIANS
• Ch. 16: Interstate Medical Licensure Compact

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(a) A physician seeking licensure through
the compact shall file an application for an expedited license with the
member board of the state selected by the physician as the state of
principal license.
(b) Upon receipt of an application for an expedited license, the
member board within the state selected as the state of principal license
shall evaluate whether the physician is eligible for expedited licensure
and issue a letter of qualification, verifying or denying the physician's
eligibility, to the interstate commission. The following shall apply:
(1) Static qualifications, which include verification of medical
education, graduate medical education, results of any medical or
licensing examinations, and other qualifications as determined by
the interstate commission through rule, shall not be subject to
additional primary source verification where already primary
source verified by the state of principal license.
(2) The member board within the state selected as the state of
principal license shall, in the course of verifying eligibility,
perform a criminal background check of an applicant, including
the use of the results of fingerprint or other biometric data checks
compliant with the requirements of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, with the exception of federal employees who have
suitability determination in accordance with 5 CFR 731.202.
(3) Appeal on the determination of eligibility shall be made to the
member state where the application was filed and shall be subject
to the law of that state.
(c) Upon verification in subsection (b), physicians eligible for an
expedited license shall complete the registration process established by
the interstate commission to receive a license in a member state
selected under subsection (a), including the payment of any applicable
fees.
(d) After receiving verification of eligibility under subsection (b)
and any fees under subsection (c), a member board shall issue an
expedited license to the physician. This license shall authorize the
physician to practice medicine in the issuing state consistent with the
medical practice act and all applicable laws and regulations of the
issuing member board and member state.
(e) An expedited license shall be valid for a period consistent with
the licensure period in the member state and in the same manner as
required for other physicians holding a full and unrestricted license
within the member state.
(f) An expedited license obtained through the compact shall be
terminated if a physician fails to maintain a license in the state of
principal license for a nondisciplinary reason, without redesignation of
a new state of principal license.
(g) The interstate commission is authorized to develop rules
regarding the application process, including payment of any applicable
fees, and the issuance of an expedited license.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.60-2022, SEC.2.