24 Del. Admin. Code § 1700-4.0

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024

Section 1700-4.0 - Institutional Certificates

The Board may issue institutional certificates to qualified persons who may be employed as post graduate trainees (interns, residents, or fellows) or house physicians by an accredited hospital operated within this State. The Board will also issue institutional certificates to qualified persons who will be employed as staff physicians in a medical institution operated in this State by any governmental institution.

4.1 Post Graduate Trainees Employed by Accredited Hospitals

4.1.1 Any applicant applying for and institutional certificate shall include with the application:

4.1.1.1 An affidavit of the applicant certifying that

4.1.1.1.1 He or she meets all the requirements for licensure specified in 24 Del.C. § 1720(b)(1) through (b)(6) excluding (b)(3); and

4.1.1.1.2 He or she intends to limit him or her selves solely to practice within the hospital, or the performance of such medical duties outside the hospital which may be assigned to them as part of a post graduate training program.

4.1.1.2 An affidavit of the chief administrative officer of said hospital certifying that the individual will be employed by the hospital and meets all requirements for licensure specified in 24 Del.C. § 1720(b)(1) through (b)(6), excluding (b)(3).

4.1.2 A person who is to be employed by an accredited hospital as a post graduate trainee who was not a citizen of the United States at the time he or she enrolled in medical school outside of the United States must present a photocopy of his or her permanent ECFMG Certificate or VQE results.

4.1.3 Post graduate trainees employed by accredited hospitals who have been granted institutional certificates shall be specifically limited to the practice of medicine within the hospital where they are employed, except that they may perform such medical duties outside the hospital which may be assigned to them as part of their postgraduate training program, provided such outside duties are performed under the supervision of a physician with a Certificate to Practice Medicine in the State of Delaware.

4.1.4 Postgraduate trainees who are registered in training programs outside of Delaware and who rotate through programs in institutions in Delaware for over one month are required to obtain an institutional certificate.

4.1.5 Institutional certificates issued pursuant to these rules shall expire on the day on which the holder ceases to be employed by the employer hospital. If the employment relationship is prematurely terminated, both the holder and the Chief Administrative Officer of the employer hospital shall notify the Executive Director of the Board in writing not later than three days after the employment relationship is terminated.

4.1.6 Institutional certificates shall be renewed every year upon payment of a fee determined by the Division of Professional Regulation.

4.1.7 No institutional certificate issued to a post graduate trainee will be renewed at the end of the first year of issuance unless the trainee has passed at least one component of the FLEX examination or at least one part of the National Board Examination or the USMLE Step 1.

4.2 Staff Physicians Employed by a Governmental Institution.

4.2.1 Any physician who will he employed as a staff physician by a governmental institution shall include with the application:

4.2.1.1 An affidavit of the chief administrative officer of said institution certifying that the individual will be employed by the institution and meets all the requirements for license specified in 24 Del.C. § 1720(a)(1) through (a)(6).

4.2.1.2 An affidavit of the physician seeking licensure certifying that he meets all the requirements for licensure specified in 24 Del.C. § 1720(a)(1) through (a)(6).

4.2.1.3 An affidavit of the physician seeking licensure certifying that he intends to limit himself solely to practice within the institution.

4.2.2 Physicians applying for an institutional license who are to be employed by a governmental institution and who were not citizens of the United States at the time they enrolled in medical school outside the United States must present a photostatic copy of his/her permanent ECFMG or VQE certificate.

4.2.3 Physicians granted institutional licenses to practice medicine in governmental institutions shall be specifically limited to the practice of medicine within the governmental institution wherein the holder is employed.

4.2.4 Institutional licenses shall expire on the day on which the holder ceases to be employed by the employer institution. Both the holder and the employer institution shall notify the Executive Director of the Board in writing not later than three days after the employment relationship is terminated.

4.2.5 Valid institutional licenses shall be renewed every year upon payment of a fee determined by the Division of Professional Regulation.

24 Del. Admin. Code § 1700-4.0