West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 11 - Medicine
Title 11 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA BOARD OF MEDICINE
Series 11-01A - Licensing of Physicians and Podiatric Physicians and Disciplinary Procedures for Applicants, Licensees, Credential Holders
Section 11-1A-3 - Qualification and Application for a License to Practice Medicine and Surgery
Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 38, September 20, 2024
3.1. Minimum qualifications for initial licensure as a medical doctor for applicants who graduated and received the degree of doctor of medicine or its equivalent from a Board or LCME approved school of medicine located within the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or Canada are set forth in West Virginia Code § 30-3-10(b).
3.2. An application for a license to practice medicine and surgery shall be completed on a form provided by the Board, which is available on the Board's website.
3.3. A completed application is considered by the Board at regular Board meetings. The Board will not consider an application or decide upon the issuance of a license to an applicant until the complete application, including all third-party documentation and/or verification, is on file with the Board and the Board has had at least fifteen days to review the application.
3.4. An application for licensure must be accompanied by payment of a nonrefundable application fee in an amount established by 11 CSR 4.
3.5. The Board's physician licensure application shall include, and applicants must provide, the following information:
3.6. Evidence and information described in this section may be provided through FCVS, where available through FCVS.
3.7. The applicant shall provide necessary forms to selected institutions for response to the Board, except where FCVS is providing the information directly to the Board.
3.8. Completed verification forms must be provided directly from selected institutions to the Board and not from the applicant, except where FCVS is providing the information directly to the Board.
3.9. If the staff finds derogatory or conflicting information regarding an applicant's qualifications, or information requiring clarification or further explanation by the applicant, the information shall be presented to the Board's Licensure Committee for review. Thereafter, the Licensure Committee shall determine whether the applicant should be scheduled to appear before the Committee. The Committee may also direct staff to obtain additional information related to the applicant's qualifications.
3.10. An applicant may be required to appear personally before the Licensure Committee in support of his or her application. The Board may require production of original documents at the required attendance at a Board or Committee meeting.
3.11. The Board, at its discretion, may obtain additional information through the Federation of State Medical Boards and/or through oral or written examinations, psychiatric evaluation, physical examination or other tests as may be necessary to determine the competency of the applicant.
3.12. The Board shall require applicants to take the SPEX or a competency examination in their field of practice prior to issuing a license, whenever the Board considers it necessary to evaluate the medical knowledge and clinical skills of an applicant.
3.13. A complete application, including all associated documentation submitted to the Board, become the property of the Board and will not be returned.
3.14. The burden of satisfying the Board of the applicant's qualifications for licensure is upon the applicant.
3.15. In evaluating an application and determining an applicant's qualification for licensure, the Board may consider any recent period(s) of absence from the practice of medicine which may affect the applicant's clinical skills and/or knowledge when the absence(s) individually or cumulatively equal or exceed two years. The applicant shall:
3.16. The Board may require the examination and/or assessment of the competencies, medical knowledge and clinical skills necessary to assist in assessing a safe reentry into practice.