Code of Maine Rules
02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
373 - BOARD OF LICENSURE IN MEDICINE
Chapter 1 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PHYSICIAN LICENSING
Section 373-1-1 - DEFINITIONS

1. "Accredited Medical School" means a school designated as accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

2. "Active Status License" means the physician has an active license in Maine and can practice within the scope of the license issued.

3. "Administrative License" means a license limited to the practice of administrative medicine.

4. "Administrative Medicine" means:

5. "Administratively Complete Application" is an application for licensure as developed by the Board which when submitted has:

6. "Board" means the Board of Licensure in Medicine.

7. "Clinical Medicine" includes but is not limited to:

8. "Educational Certificate" means a certificate issued by the Board to a medical school graduate who is enrolled in a post-graduate training program at a specific hospital for a period of not more than seven (7) years. The specific duration of the educational certificate will be based upon the request of the hospital and may be renewed every three years.

9. "Emergency 100-day License" means a license issued to a physician for not more than 100 days and issued for declared emergencies in the State or for other appropriate reasons as determined by the Board.

10. "Emeritus License" means a license issued to a qualified physician who is licensed in Maine and has retired from the active practice of medicine and does not render medical services or prescribe any medications.

11. "Fellowship" refers to advanced supervised postgraduate clinical education in a medical specialty.

12. "Inactive Status License" means the physician has an inactive license and cannot practice medicine in Maine.

13. "Jurisprudence Examination" means the examination regarding the Board's laws and rules and laws pertaining to the practice of medicine in Maine, which is required to be taken and passed upon initial active licensure and then every four (4) years thereafter upon application for relicensure.

14. "Pending Status License" means the physician has submitted an application for licensure or renewal of licensure up on which the Board has not made a final determination.

15. "Residency" is a period of supervised, postgraduate clinical training in a program accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or as otherwise allowed under statute.

16. "SPEX" (Special Purpose Examination). The SPEX is a computerized, multiple choice examination of current knowledge requisite for the general, undifferentiated practice of medicine owned and administered by the Federation of State Medical Boards. The examination is intended for physicians who currently hold, or who have previouslyheld, a valid, unrestricted license to practice medicine in a U.S. or Canadian jurisdiction. Appropriate candidates for the SPEX include physicians seeking licensure reinstatement or reactivation after some period of professional inactivity or physicians involved in disciplinary proceedings in which the board determines the need for evaluation. The SPEX is also appropriate for physicians applying for licensure by endorsement who are several years beyond initial licensure.

17. "Telemedicine" means the practice of medicine or the rendering of health care services using electronic audio-visual communications and information technologies or other means, including interactive audio with asynchronous store-and-forward transmission, between a licensee in one location and a patient in another location with or without an intervening health care provider. Telemedicine includes asynchronous store-and-forward technologies, remote monitoring, and real-time interactive services, including teleradiology and telepathology. Telemedicine shall not include the provision of medical services only through an audio-only telephone, e-mail, instant messaging, facsimile transmission, or U.S. mail or other parcel service, or any combination thereof.

18. "Interstate Telemedicine Consultation" means the provision of consultative services through interstate telemedicine to patients located in Maine by a qualified physician who is fully licensed to practice medicine in another state, registered with the Board, and who does not have an office in Maine, does not meet with or take calls from any patients located in Maine and provides such consultative services as requested by a Maine-licensed physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse who remains ultimately responsible for the patient's care.

19. "Temporary License" means a license issued by the Board to a qualified physician for a period not to exceed one year when the Board determines that this action is necessary in order to provide relief for local or national emergencies or for situations in which the number of physicians is insufficient to supply adequate medical services or for the purpose of permitting the physician to serve as locum tenens for another physician who is licensed to practice medicine in this State.

20. "Unaccredited Medical School" means a school that is not designated as accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

21. "Volunteer License" means a license issued by the Board to a qualified physician who has retired or is retiring from the active practice of medicine and wishes to donate his or her expertise exclusively 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 care services without charge.

22. "Youth Camp License" means a temporary license issued by the Board to a qualified physician authorizing the physician to practice medicine only for the patients in a particular youth camp.