West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 11 - Medicine
Title 11 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA BOARD OF MEDICINE
Series 11-12 - PERMITTING AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES: EDUCATIONAL PERMITS FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL INTERNS, RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS
Section 11-12-2 - Definitions

2.1.1. "ACGME" means the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

2.1.2. "Board" means the West Virginia Board of Medicine, established in W. Va. Code § 30-3-5.

2.1.3. "ECFMG" means the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.

2.1.4. "Educational permit" means an authorization issued to a physician by the Board to practice medicine and surgery under the auspices of ACGME approved graduate medical training or a fellowship in an approved program of post-graduate clinical training sponsored by an institution that is accredited to provide graduate medical education.

2.1.5. "Fellowship" means a period of additional specialized training for a physician who has completed a specialty training program/residency which is sponsored by an institution that is accredited to provide graduate medical education.

2.1.6. "Good standing" means that a participant in graduate medical training is not under suspension or otherwise prohibited from current participation in his or her training program.

2.1.7. "Graduate medical training" means formal medical training pursued after the receipt of a medical degree and includes internship, residency and fellowship programs.

2.1.8. "LCME" means the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

2.1.9. "Program Director" means the director of an accredited or approved graduate medical education training program.

2.1.10. "Reciprocal educational permit" means an authorization issued to a physician by the Board to practice medicine and surgery under the auspices of ACGME approved graduate medical training domiciled outside of West Virginia during a temporary residency rotation within West Virginia.