21 NCAC 32B .1706 PHYSICIAN PRACTICE AND LIMITED LICENSE FOR DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES
(a) The Board shall waive requirements for licensure in the circumstances set forth in G.S. 90-12.5.
(b) There are two ways for physicians to practice under this Rule:
(1) Hospital to Hospital Credentialing: A physician who holds a full, unlimited, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in another U.S. state, territory, or district and has unrestricted hospital credentials and privileges in any U.S. state, territory, or district may come to North Carolina and practice medicine at a hospital that is licensed by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services upon the following terms and conditions:
(A) the licensed North Carolina hospital shall verify all physician credentials and privileges;
(B) the licensed North Carolina hospital shall keep a list of all physicians coming to practice and shall provide this list to the Board within 10 days of each physician practicing at the licensed North Carolina hospital. The licensed North Carolina hospital shall also provide the Board a list of when each physician has stopped practicing medicine in North Carolina under this Rule within 10 days after each physician has stopped practicing medicine under this Rule;
(C) all physicians practicing under this Rule shall be authorized to practice medicine in North Carolina and shall be deemed to be licensed to practice medicine in the State and the Board shall have jurisdiction over all physicians practicing under this Rule for all purposes set forth in or related to G.S. 90, Article 1, and such jurisdiction shall continue in effect even after any and all physicians have stopped practicing medicine under this Rule;
(D) a physician may practice under this Rule for the shorter of :
(i) 30 days from the date the physician has started practicing under this Rule; or
(ii) a statement by an appropriate authority is made that the emergency or disaster declaration has been withdrawn or ended and, at such time, the license deemed to be issued shall become inactive; and
(E) physicians practicing under this Rule shall not receive any compensation outside of their customary compensation for the provision of medical services during a disaster or emergency.
(2) Limited Emergency License: A physician who holds a full, unlimited, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in another U.S. state, territory, or district may apply for a limited emergency license on the following conditions:
(A) the applicant must complete a limited emergency license application;
(B) the Board shall verify that the physician holds a full, unlimited, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in another U.S. state, territory, or district;
(C) in response to a declared disaster or state of emergency and in order to best serve the public interest, the Board may limit the physician's scope of practice;
(E) this license shall be in effect for the shorter of:
(i) 30 days from the date it is issued; or
(ii) a statement by an appropriate authority is made that the emergency or disaster declaration has been withdrawn or ended and, at such time, the license issued shall become inactive; and
(F) physicians holding limited emergency licenses shall not receive any compensation outside of their customary compensation for the provision of medical services during a disaster or emergency.
History Note: Authority G.S. 90.5.1(a)(1)(3); 90-12.5; 90-14(a);
Emergency Adoption Eff. October 2, 2018;
Emergency Adoption Exp. Eff. December 14, 2018;
Eff. July 1, 2019.