Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 24 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Chapter 24.156 - BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS
Subchapter 24.156.4 - General Provisions
Rule 24.156.403 - DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 24.156.403
Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) As used in this chapter, the following terms are defined:
(a) "Act" means the statutory provisions
governing the licensee's scope of practice.
(b) "Applicant" means a person who has
applied to take a licensing examination in Montana or who has applied for
licensure in Montana.
(c) "Board"
means the Board of Medical Examiners created by
2-15-1731, MCA.
(d) "Foreign medical graduate" means a
graduate of a medical school that is listed in the World Health Directory of
Medical Schools but is not located in a state or territory of the United States
or the District of Columbia.
(e)
"Health corps physician" means a physician who has applied to participate in
the health corps and completed the registration requirements set by the
board.
(f) "Intern," "in
post-graduate year 1" or "PGY-1" means a person who:
(i) has graduated from an approved medical
school;
(ii) is enrolled in a
training program approved for first year post-graduates;
(iii) has passed USMLE Steps 1 and 2 or the
AOA equivalent or holds a certificate from the ECFMG; and
(iv) is preparing for or awaiting the results
of USMLE Step 3 or the AOA equivalent.
(g) "Licensee" means the current holder of an
active license issued by the board.
(h) "Medical student" means a person
currently enrolled in or who has graduated from an approved medical school who
has not yet entered PGY-1.
(i)
"Paramedic" means a level of emergency care provider as established in
50-6-202, MCA.
(j) "Postgraduate clinical experience" means
the delivery of health care directly to patients, after licensure as a
physician assistant, pursuant to a collaborative agreement with a physician or
physician assistant.
(k) "Resident"
means a person who:
(i) has the degree of
medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy from an approved medical
school;
(ii) is in post-graduate
year 2 (PGY-2) or above;
(iii) has
either completed the USMLE Steps 1 and 2 or the AOA equivalent or holds a
certificate from the ECFMG; and
(iv) is enrolled in an approved residency
program.
(l) "Retired,"
applicable to the Montana Health Corps Act, means no longer maintaining a
private, institutional, or governmental practice for the purposes of monetary
remuneration within the United States. Occasional locum tenens work for
monetary remuneration will not disqualify a physician from retired
status.
(m) "Standards of dietetic
practice" means Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Standards of Practice in
Nutrition Care and Standards of Professional Performance for Registered
Dietitian Nutritionists and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/Commission
on Dietetic Registration Code of Ethics for the Nutrition and Dietetics
Profession.
(n) "Supervision" may
be of the following types:
(i) "Direct
supervision" means the supervisor is physically present with the person being
supervised;
(ii) "On-site
supervision" means the supervisor must be in the facility and quickly available
to the person being supervised.
(o) "Surgery" means any procedure in which
human tissue is cut or altered by mechanical or energy forms, including
electrical or laser energy or ionizing radiation.
(2) As used in this chapter, the following abbreviations are identified:
(a) "AEMT"
means a licensed advanced emergency medical technician.
(b) "ABMS" means the American Board of
Medical Specialties.
(c) "ACGME"
means the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
(d) "AOA" means the American Osteopathic
Association.
(e) "CIHC" means
community-integrated health care, as defined under
37-3-102, MCA.
(f) "ECFMG" means the Educational Commission
for Foreign Medical Graduates.
(g)
"ECP" means a licensed emergency care provider.
(h) "EMR" means a licensed emergency medical
responder.
(i) "EMS" means a
licensed emergency medical service.
(j) "EMT" means a licensed emergency medical
technician.
(k) "NPDB" means the
National Practitioner Databank established by Public Law 99-660(42 U.S.C.
11101, et seq.).
(l) "NREMT" means the National Registry of
Emergency Medical Technicians.
(m)
"USDOT" means the United States Department of Transportation.
(n) "USMLE" means the United States Medical
Licensing Examination or its successor.
AUTH: 37-1-131, 37-3-203, 37-3-301, 37-3-802, 37-13-201, 37-25-201, 50-6-203, MCA; IMP: 37-1-131, 37-3-102, 37-3-201, 37-3-203, 37-3-301, 37-3-305, 37-3-307, 37-3-325, 37-3-326, 37-3-802, 37-3-804, 37-13-201, 37-13-302, 37-25-201, 37-25-302, 50-6-101, 50-6-105, 50-6-201, 50-6-202, 50-6-203, 50-6-301, 50-6-302, MCA
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