Current through September 21, 2024
(a)
A licensee holding a lapsed active, inactive, or emeritus license may apply to
reactivate it to its last status by submitting the following:
(i) An application on a form prescribed by
the board;
(ii) Payment of the
applicable fees established by the Board by rule; and,
(iii) Two (2) references as described in
section 4(a)(iv) of this Chapter.
(b) The holder of a lapsed license must also
submit proof of completion of not less than sixty (60) hours of qualified
continuing medical education, as defined in chapter 3, section 7(a) of these
rules, within the preceding three (3) years. This subsection shall not apply to
the holder of a lapsed license who is otherwise exempt from the continuing
medical education requirement pursuant to chapter 3, section 7(b) of these
rules.
(c) Applicants who do not
meet the requirements of W.S. 33-26-303 shall not be eligible to reactivate a
lapsed license.
(d) License
Reactivation Application Processing, Review and Interviews.
(i) When all application materials required
in subsections (a) and (b) have been received and are deemed to be
satisfactory, the executive director or his designee shall review the
application and supporting materials and may, acting on behalf of the Board,
issue a temporary license to the applicant pursuant and subject to Chapter 1,
Section 6 of these rules. If the executive director or his designee declines to
issue a temporary license to the applicant, the applicant's file shall be
presented to the application review committee. The application review committee
may:
(A) Issue a temporary license to the
applicant, pursuant and subject to Chapter 1, Section 6 of these
rules;
(B) Defer action on the
application until the applicant appears for a licensure interview;
or,
(C) Advise the applicant in
writing that the application review committee will bring proceedings to deny
the application for licensure, following the procedure set forth in Chapter 7
of these Rules.
(ii) A
summary of each applicant's licensure file and application will be sent to all
members of the Board prior to the next regularly-scheduled board meeting, and
any board member may request that the applicant appear for a licensure
interview.
(iii) Following a
licensure interview (if one is required), the board shall, by a vote of the
board members present:
(A) Grant a
license;
(B) Refer the application
to the application review committee to bring proceedings to deny the
application upon stated reasons, following the procedure set forth in Chapter 7
of these Rules;
(C) Allow the
applicant to withdraw the application;
(D) Agree in writing signed by the applicant,
to the issuance of a license subject to restrictions and/or conditions;
or
(E) Defer action pending
successful completion by the applicant of a medical competence examination such
as the special purpose examination (SPEX) and/or such other examination,
review, evaluation or course of study designated by the board and/or the
board's receipt, review and approval of other information requested during the
interview.
(e) If an applicant for reactivation does not
have a licensure interview, a license may be reactivated only upon a majority
vote of the board. The board may conduct this vote by voice vote, and may do so
using a consent list showing applicants for approval.
(f) If the board denies reactivation of a
lapsed license, the applicant may appeal that decision pursuant to W.S. 33-26-407(a).
(g) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in a public health emergency declared by the Governor, an active
license which lapsed due to non-renewal may be emergently reactivated. The
physician shall submit an application on a form provided or approved by the
board. The application shall be reviewed by the executive director or his
designee, who shall have sole discretion whether to approve the application; if
the application is denied, it will be deemed converted to an application for
regular reactivation under subsections (a) through (f) of this section. There
is no fee for this application or license, and the emergently reactivated
active license shall automatically expire forty-five (45) days after the
termination of the public health emergency. A physician wishing to practice
after the end of the emergency reactivation granted under this subsection shall
follow the reactivation process set forth in subsections (a) through (f) of
this section before doing so. The following eligibility criteria must be met
for approval of emergency reactivation of an active license under this
subsection:
(i) The physician must submit an
application on a form provided, or approved, by the board;
(ii) The physician must have held a full,
unrestricted active license to practice medicine in Wyoming no less recently
than June 30, 2022, or have held a full, unrestricted active license to
practice medicine in Wyoming no less recently than June 30, 2018 and been
engaged in the active practice of medicine in another jurisdiction no later
than June 30, 2022; and,
(iii)
Queries regarding the physician to the National Practitioner Data Bank and the
FSMB's Physician Data Center do not reveal revocation, surrender,
relinquishment, suspension or other termination of the physician's license or
privileges to practice in any state, hospital, or health care
facility.
