§ 63-9-115. Special Volunteer License for Practice in Free Health Clinic — Exemption From Fees — Renewal
A physician licensed pursuant to this chapter under a special volunteer license who is a medical practitioner, as defined by § 63-1-201, engaged in practice at a free health clinic shall not be subject to license fees under this chapter. The board of osteopathic examination may issue a special volunteer license, as such license is […]
§ 63-9-116. Drug Prescriptions
Any handwritten prescription order for a drug prepared by an osteopathic physician who is authorized by law to prescribe a drug must be legible so that it is comprehensible by the pharmacist who fills the prescription. The handwritten prescription order must contain the name of the prescribing osteopathic physician, the name and strength of the […]
§ 63-9-117. Office-Based Surgery
For the purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires: “Board” means the board of osteopathic examination; “Level II office-based surgery” means Level II surgery as defined by the board of osteopathic medical examination in its rules and regulations that is performed outside of a hospital, ambulatory surgical treatment center or other medical facility […]
§ 63-9-119. Employee or Contractor’s Unauthorized Use of Osteopathic Physician’s Dea Registration Number to Write Prescriptions
Any osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to this chapter who has reason to believe that an employee or contractor of the physician or the physician’s firm, partnership or corporation has used the physician’s federal drug enforcement administration (DEA) registration number without authorization to write prescriptions may make a report to a law enforcement agency. Any osteopathic […]
§ 63-9-120. Hormone Replacement Therapy
“Hormone replacement therapy clinic” or “hormone therapy clinic” means a medical office in which the clinicians are primarily engaged in hormone replacement or supplementation therapy or a medical office which holds itself out to the public as being primarily or substantially engaged in hormone replacement therapy. For the purposes of this definition, “primarily engaged” means […]
§ 63-9-121. Interventional Pain Management
A physician licensed in this chapter may only practice interventional pain management if the licensee is either: Board certified through the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS)/American Association of Physician Specialists (AAPS) in one of the following medical specialties: Anesthesiology; Neuromusculoskeletal medicine; Orthopedic surgery; Physical medicine and rehabilitation; Radiology; […]
§ 63-9-122. Exemption for Physician for Visiting Sports Team
A physician who is duly qualified to practice medicine under the laws of another state is exempt from the licensure requirements of § 63-9-104, subject to this section, if either of the following applies: The physician has a written or oral agreement with a sports team to provide care to team members and coaching staff […]
§ 63-9-123. Maintenance of Licensure or Certification Not Required
As used in this section: “Continuing medical education” means continued postgraduate medical education required by the board of osteopathic medical examination intended to provide medical professionals with knowledge of new developments or reinforcement of previously learned information in their field; “Maintenance of certification” means any process requiring periodic recertification examinations or other activities to maintain […]
§ 63-9-108. Application of Health Laws
Osteopathic physicians shall observe and be subject to all state and municipal regulations relating to: The control of contagious diseases; The reporting and certifying of births and deaths; and All matters pertaining to public health. Such reports shall be accepted by the officer or department to whom the same are made, equally with reports of […]
§ 63-9-109. Penalties
Any person who practices or pretends or attempts to practice or use the science or system of osteopathic medicine in treating diseases of the human body or any person who buys, sells or fraudulently obtains any diploma, certificate, license or record of registration to practice osteopathic medicine illegally obtained or signed or issued unlawfully or […]