448.04 Classes of license; certificate of licensure.

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(1)Classes of license.

(a)License to practice medicine and surgery. A person holding a license to practice medicine and surgery may practice as defined in s. 448.01

(9)and as provided in s. 448.035 .

(ab)Compact license. The board may grant a compact license pursuant to the interstate medical licensure compact under s. 448.980 .

(ac)Administrative physician license. The board may grant an administrative physician license to an applicant who satisfies the requirements under s. 448.05

(2c). The board shall issue a license under this paragraph subject to the same terms as a license issued under par.

(a), except that, notwithstanding any other provision of law that permits a physician to engage in any act that constitutes the practice of medicine and surgery, the holder of a license issued under this paragraph may not engage in the practice of medicine and surgery except as otherwise authorized under s. 448.03

(2)and may not practice as provided in s. 448.035 .

(b)Temporary license to practice medicine and surgery.

1. An applicant for license to practice medicine and surgery who has passed an examination satisfactory to the board, or who is a graduate of a medical school in this state, and who more than 30 days prior to the date set by the board for the holding of its next examination has complied with all the requirements of s. 448.05

(2)and

(7)may, at the discretion of the board, be granted a temporary license to practice medicine and surgery. Such temporary license shall expire 60 days after the next examination for license is given or on the date following the examination on which the board grants or denies such applicant a license, whichever occurs first; but the temporary license shall automatically expire on the first day the board begins its examination of applicants after granting such license, unless its holder submits to examination on such date. The board may require an applicant for temporary licensure under this subdivision to appear before a member of the board for an interview and oral examination. A temporary license shall be granted under this subsection only once to the same person.

3. The board may grant a temporary license to practice medicine and surgery for a period not to exceed 90 days to a nonresident physician who is serving on a full-time or temporary basis in a camp or other recreational facility, or to a physician temporarily maintaining the practice of another physician. In either case, the applicant for such temporary license must satisfy the board that the applicant is needed in the area in which the applicant wishes to serve and that the applicant holds a license granted upon written examination in another licensing jurisdiction of the United States or Canada.

The board may renew such temporary license for additional periods of 90 days each but may not renew such license more than 3 consecutive times. The board may require an applicant for such temporary license to appear before a member of the board for interview.

(bg)Restricted license to practice medicine and surgery as a visiting physician.

1. The board may grant a restricted license to practice medicine and surgery as a visiting physician to an applicant who satisfies the requirements under s. 448.05

(e).

2. The holder of a license issued under this paragraph may engage in the practice of medicine and surgery only at the medical education facility, medical research facility, or medical college where the license holder is teaching, researching, or practicing, and only in accordance with the terms and restrictions established by the board.

3. Subject to subd. 4. , a license issued under this paragraph is valid for one year and may be renewed at the discretion of the board.

4. A license issued under this paragraph remains valid only while the license holder is actively engaged in teaching, researching, or practicing medicine and surgery and is lawfully entitled to work in the United States.

(bm)Resident educational license to practice medicine and surgery.

1. The board may grant a resident educational license to practice medicine and surgery to an applicant who satisfies the requirements under s. 448.05

(d).

2. Subject to subd. 3. , a license issued under this paragraph is valid for one year and may be renewed for additional one-year terms while the license holder is enrolled in the postgraduate training program under s. 448.05

(d)1.