(1) The board may by rule provide for the issuance of a temporary license to a person licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine in some other state, territory, or district of the United States or Canada or to a person who is a diplomate of the national board of medical examiners or a diplomate of the national board of osteopathic medical examiners or to a physician assistant, excluding any volunteer license applicant, provided that such temporary license shall be issued only to persons who have made an application for a permanent license in this state. The board shall fix and collect a fee for a temporary license and it shall be valid from the date of issuance for one hundred twenty (120) days, unless extended by the board or its designated representative upon a showing of good cause.
(2)  The board may by rule provide for temporary registration of interns, residents, and experienced international medical graduates who are forcibly displaced persons. The board shall fix and collect a fee for the temporary registration and shall specify the time period of the temporary registration.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 54-1813

  • Board: means the state board of medicine. See Idaho Code 54-1803
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114
  • Physician: means any person who holds a license to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or osteopathic medicine, provided that others authorized by law to practice any of the healing arts shall not be considered physicians for the purposes of this chapter. See Idaho Code 54-1803
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
    • (3)  For purposes of subsection (2) of this section, "experienced international medical graduate who is a forcibly displaced person" means a person who:
    (a)  Is a graduate of a medical school recognized by the board;
    (b)  Is an asylee, a humanitarian parolee, or a refugee holding a customs and border protection form I-94 or an equivalent document;
    (c)  Has applied for an accredited medical residency training program in Idaho;
    (d)  Has at least three (3) years of practice in the person’s specialty;
    (e)  Has no gap of greater than five (5) years between the person’s clinical practice and the person’s application for the accredited medical residency training program in Idaho;
    (f)  Passes the occupational English test for medicine; and
    (g)  Agrees to practice in a health professional shortage area, as designated by the federal government, for at least three (3) years following graduation from an accredited medical residency training program in Idaho.