Pennsylvania Code
Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS
Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 16 - STATE BOARD OF MEDICINE-GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subchapter B - GENERAL LICENSE, CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION PROVISIONS
Section 16.12 - General qualifications for licenses and certificates
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
To qualify for a license or certificate issued by the Board, an applicant shall establish that the following criteria are satisfied:
(1) The applicant is of legal age.
(2) The applicant is of good moral character.
(3) The applicant is not intemperately using alcohol or habitually using narcotics or other habit-forming drugs.
(3.1) The applicant has completed at least 3 hours of approved training in child abuse recognition and reporting in accordance with § 16.108(a) (relating to child abuse recognition and reporting-mandatory training requirement).
(4) The applicant has not been convicted of a felony under The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act (35 P.S. §§ 780-101-780-144) or of an offense under the statutes of another jurisdiction which, if committed in this Commonwealth, would be a felony under The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, unless the following apply:
The provisions of this § 16.12 amended under section 8 of the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P.S. § 422.8); and 23 Pa.C.S. § 6383(b)(2).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 17.1 (relating to license without restriction); 49 Pa. Code § 17.2 (relating to licensure without restriction-endorsement); 49 Pa. Code § 17.3 (relating to institutional license); 49 Pa. Code § 17.4 (relating to extraterritorial license); 49 Pa. Code § 17.5 (relating to graduate license); 49 Pa. Code § 17.6 (relating to temporary license); 49 Pa. Code § 17.7 (relating to interim limited license); 49 Pa. Code § 18.2 (relating to licensure requirements); and 49 Pa. Code § 18.141 (relating to criteria for licensure as a physician assistant).