HAR §16-85-11. Limited and temporary license

(a) Absence or shortage of licensed physicians: (1) "Absence or shortage of licensed physician in a particular locality" means that a physician is not available to provide adequate medical care in a certain area of the State; (2) The board shall consider a certified statement from the respective county medical society as evidence of "absence or shortage" of physicians when it is corroborated by a board member; and (3) The license shall be valid for a period of eighteen months from the date of issuance and shall not be renewed. (b) Practice under the direction of a regularly licensed physician: (1) Sponsor and alternate sponsor defined. "Sponsor", and "alternate sponsor" mean a regularly licensed physician of the State who undertakes to assume responsibility for exercising direction over another physician with a limited and temporary license; 85-9 §16-85-11 (2) A physician may have one alternate sponsor who shall serve only in the absence of the sponsor. No sponsor shall be recognized unless the sponsor has been designated by the applicant and a notarized affidavit completed by the sponsor is filed with the board; (3) The sponsor shall notify the board in writing within five days after termination of sponsorship; (4) Mere willingness on the part of the sponsor to assume the responsibility for the actions of the physician under the sponsor’s direction is not enough. However, specific and detailed direction is not necessary as long as the direction is sufficiently reasonable, comprehensive, and honest, and includes every act performed by the physician; (5) A sponsor or alternate sponsor shall direct the work of the physician under the sponsor’s direction from the same office building complex or hospital; (6) A physician may, under the direction of a sponsor or alternate sponsor, sign birth and death certificates and prescriptions; and (7) The license shall be valid for no more than eighteen months from the date of issuance, unless extended by the board and the license shall not be renewed. (c) Educational teaching license: (1) A physician may provide education and teach at more than one hospital; provided the chief of service of each hospital submits a letter attesting that the chief of service requests to sponsor and monitor the physician; and provided further that the period of providing education and teaching is within the twelve month period from the date of issuance of the original license. (2) The license shall be valid for no more than twelve months from the date of issuance, and shall not be renewed. [Eff 1/27/79; am and ren §16-85-11, 6/12/81; am and comp 7/27/87; comp 10/28/89; comp 8/25/90; am and comp 12/22/97] (Auth: HRS §453-5.1) (Imp: HRS §§453-3, 453-3.2)