Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 38, September 20, 2024
2.1. For purposes
of this rule, the following words and terms mean:
2.1.1."Below 130 percent of the poverty line"
means below 130 percent of the poverty line pursuant to the most recent annual
poverty guidelines released by the United States Department of Health and Human
Services.
2.1.2. "Board" means the
West Virginia Board of Medicine.
2.1.3. "Initial license" means the first
license approved by the Board and issued to an applicant:
To practice medicine and surgery;
To practice podiatric medicine and surgery; or
To practice as a physician assistant in collaboration with
physicians in West Virginia.
Initial license does not include permits to participate in
graduate medical training which are issued by the Board.
2.1.4. "Initial licensing fee" only means a
fee directly assessed, collected and retained by the Board in connection with:
An application for an initial medical license;
An application for an initial podiatric license; or
An application for an initial physician assistant
license.
This term does not include fees assessed by third parties
which may be necessary to obtain documentation and/or information needed to
complete an applicant's initial application.
2.1.5. "LIW" means the Low-Income Waiver form
used to request a waiver of the initial licensing fee for low-income
individuals.
2.1.6. "Local labor
market" means every county in West Virginia, and any county outside of West
Virginia if any portion of that county is within fifty miles of the border of
West Virginia, pursuant to W.Va. Code §
21-1C-2.
2.1.7. "Low-income individual" means an
individual who resides in the local labor market whose household adjusted gross
income is below 130 percent of the federal poverty line. This term also
includes any person enrolled in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Program (TANF), Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
or other state or federal public assistance program with substantially
equivalent low-income eligibility requirements.
2.1.8. "Military family" means any person who
serves as an active member of the armed forces of the United States, the
National Guard, or a reserve component as described in
38
U.S.C. §
101, honorably discharged
veterans of those forces, and their spouses. This term also includes surviving
spouses of deceased service members who have not remarried.
2.1.9. "MFW" means the Military Family Waiver
form used to request a waiver of the initial licensing fee for military service
members and eligible spouses.
