(1) Licensure and disciplinary records of physicians are deemed investigative.
(2)  In addition to the authority granted to a member board by its respective medical practice act or other applicable state law, a member board may participate with other member boards in joint investigations of physicians licensed by the member boards.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 54-1851

  • Board: means the state board of medicine. See Idaho Code 54-1803
  • License to practice medicine: means a license issued by the board to a person who has graduated from an acceptable school of medicine and who has fulfilled the licensing requirements of this chapter. See Idaho Code 54-1803
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • 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
  • Practice of medicine: means :
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
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
    • (3)  A subpoena issued by a member state shall be enforceable in other member states.
    (4)  Member boards may share any investigative, litigation or compliance materials in furtherance of any joint or individual investigation initiated under the compact.
    (5)  Any member state may investigate actual or alleged violations of the statutes authorizing the practice of medicine in any other member state in which a physician holds a license to practice medicine.