§30-3-15. Certificate of Authorization Requirements for Medical Corporations
(a) Unlawful acts. — It is unlawful for any corporation to practice or offer to practice medicine, surgery, podiatric medicine, or to perform medical acts through one or more physician assistants in this state without a certificate of authorization issued by the board designating the corporation as an authorized medical corporation. (b) Certificate of authorization […]
§30-3-16. Educational Permit
(a) Beginning July 1, 2019, no person shall participate in a program of graduate medical training in this state unless such person holds a license to practice medicine and surgery in this state or has been issued an educational permit issued by the board. (b) An educational permit issued by the board authorizes the recipient […]
§30-3-17. Limitation of Article
The practice of medicine and surgery by persons possessing the degree of doctor of osteopathy and authorized by the laws of this state to practice medicine and surgery shall in no way be affected by the provisions of this article.
§30-3-18. Combining Staff Functions With West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine
The West Virginia Board of Medicine may employ investigators, attorneys, clerks and administrative staff in collaboration with the West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine to share duties and functions between the two boards when it may be efficient and practical for the functioning of the boards. Any sharing of staff or staff resources shall be […]
§30-3-19. West Virginia Board of Medicine Investigators Authority to Carry Concealed Weapon
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the board may allow, consistent with this section, an investigator employed or contracted by the board to carry a concealed firearm while performing his or her official duties. (b) An investigator employed by the board or contracted by the board may carry a concealed firearm […]
§30-3-13a. Telemedicine Practice; Requirements; Exceptions; Definitions; Rule-Making
(a) Definitions. – For the purposes of this section: (1) “Chronic nonmalignant pain” means pain that has persisted after reasonable medical efforts have been made to relieve the pain or cure its cause and that has continued, either continuously or episodically, for longer than three continuous months. “Chronic nonmalignant pain” does not include pain associated […]
§30-3-14. Professional Discipline of Physicians and Podiatrists; Reporting of Information to Board Pertaining to Medical Professional Liability and Professional Incompetence Required; Penalties; Grounds for License Denial and Discipline of Physicians and Podiatrists; Investigations; Physical and Mental Examinations; Hearings; Sanctions; Summary Sanctions; Reporting by the Board; Reapplication; Civil and Criminal Immunity; Voluntary Limitation of License; Probable Cause Determination; Referral to Law-Enforcement Authorities; Rulemaking
(a) (1) The board may independently initiate disciplinary proceedings as well as initiate disciplinary proceedings based on information received from medical peer review committees, physicians, podiatrists, hospital administrators, professional societies, the Board of Pharmacy, and others. (2) The board may initiate investigations as to professional incompetence or other reasons for which a licensed physician or […]
§30-3-10. Licenses to Practice Medicine and Surgery or Podiatry
(a) A person seeking licensure as an allopathic physician shall apply to the board. (b) A license may be granted to an applicant who has graduated and received the degree of doctor of medicine or its equivalent from a school of medicine located within the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or Canada, and […]
§30-3-10a. Special Volunteer Medical License; Civil Immunity for Voluntary Services Rendered to Indigents
(a) There is hereby established a special volunteer medical license for physicians retired or retiring from the active practice of medicine who wish to donate their expertise for the medical care and treatment of indigent and needy patients in the clinical setting of clinics organized, in whole or in part, for the delivery of health […]
§30-3-11. Endorsement of Licenses to Practice Medicine and Surgery and Podiatry; Fees; Temporary License; Summer Camp Doctors
(a)(1) Any person seeking to be licensed to practice medicine and surgery in this state who holds a valid license to practice medicine and surgery attained under requirements similar to the requirement of 30-3-10 of this code from another state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or Canada; or (2) Any person […]