In this article adopting the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact:
(a) "Bylaws" means those bylaws established by the Interstate Commission pursuant to section eleven of this article for its governance, or for directing and controlling its actions and conduct.
(b) "Commissioner" means the voting representative appointed by each member board pursuant to section eleven of this article.
(c) "Compact" means the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.
(d) "Conviction" means a finding by a court that an individual is guilty of a criminal offense through adjudication, or entry of a plea of guilt or no contest to the charge by the offender. Evidence of an entry of a conviction of a criminal offense by the court shall be considered final for purposes of disciplinary action by a member board.
(e) "Expedited License" means a full and unrestricted medical license granted by a member state to an eligible physician through the process set forth in the Compact.
(f) "Interstate Commission" means the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission created pursuant to section eleven of this article.
(g) "License" means authorization by a state for a physician to engage in the practice of medicine, which would be unlawful without the authorization.
(h) "Medical Practice Act" means laws and regulations governing the practice of allopathic and osteopathic medicine within a member state.
(i) "Member Board" means a state agency in a member state that acts in the sovereign interests of the state by protecting the public through licensure, regulation, and education of physicians as directed by the state government.
(j) "Member State" means a state that has enacted the Compact.
(k) "Practice of Medicine" means the clinical prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of human disease, injury, or condition requiring a physician to obtain and maintain a license in compliance with the Medical Practice Act of a member state.
(l) "Physician" means any person who:
(1) Is a graduate of a medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation, or a medical school listed in the International Medical Education Directory or its equivalent;