The board may issue a temporary license to practice medicine to a physician appointed as a visiting professor by a Texas medical school or institution in accordance with this section. (1) The visiting professor temporary license may be valid for any number of 31-day increments not to exceed 24 increments. The incremental periods wherein the temporary license is valid need not be contiguous, but rather may be in any arrangement approved by the executive director of the board. (2) The visiting professor temporary license shall state on its face the periods during which it will be valid. If all periods of validity are not known at the time of the temporary license issuance, the temporary license holder shall request that the executive director of the board endorse the temporary license with each incremental period of validity as such becomes known. No temporary license shall be valid at any time when the period of validity is not stated on the temporary license unless suitable temporary alternative arrangements have been presented to and accepted by the executive director of the board. (3) The visiting professor temporary license shall be issued to the institution authorizing the named visiting professor to practice medicine within the teaching confines of the applying medical school as a part of duties and responsibilities assigned by the school to the visiting professor. The visiting professor may participate in the full activities of the department in whichever hospital the appointee's department has full responsibility for clinical, patient care, and teaching activities. (4) The visiting professor temporary license may be issued to one of the following institutions: (A) a school of medicine in this state accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Professional Education; (B) The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler; (C) The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; or (D) a program of graduate medical education, accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, that exceeds the requirements for eligibility for first board certification in the discipline. (5) The visiting professor and the school shall file affidavits with the board affirming acceptance of the terms, limitations and conditions imposed by the board on the medical activities of the visiting professor. (6) The application for visiting professor temporary license or the renewal thereof shall be presented to the executive director of the board at least 30 days prior to the effective date of the appointment of the visiting professor. The application shall be made by the chairman of the department in which the visiting professor will teach and provide such information and documentation to the board as may be requested. Such application shall be endorsed by the dean of the medical school or by the president of the institution. (7) All applications shall state the date when the visiting professor shall begin performance of duties. |
