4611 PRE-LICENSURE PRACTICE BY STUDENTS AND POSTGRADUATE PHYSICIANS

4611.1 A student who is enrolled in a legally chartered medical school in the District which is accredited by the LCME may participate in patient care activities under the supervision of a licensed physician who is appointed to the faculty of the medical school.4611.2 A student shall not administer, prescribe, or dispense controlled substances.4611.3 A student's clinical supervisor shall evaluate the student's performance in writing after completion of each specialty or subspecialty rotation. An evaluation shall be kept on file at the student's medical school and is subject to inspection by the Board.4611.4 A postgraduate physician may practice medicine in a clinical training program approved by the ACGME or the Board, if the graduate meets the following requirements:4611.5 A postgraduate physician shall do the following:- (a) Be enrolled with an institution sponsoring the clinical training program describing the terms and conditions of the postgraduate physician's employment, or participation in the program, which shall be kept on file at the sponsoring institution;

- (b) Forward or permit the training program to forward a completed Postgraduate Physician Enrollment Form and the required enrollment fee to the Board prior to commencement of training;

- (c) Inform or permit the training program to notify the Board in writing when the postgraduate physician leaves a clinical training program before the scheduled ending date of the program, specifying the reason for leaving as academic or nonacademic reasons; and

- (d) Grant the Board access or permit the training program to disclose all postgraduate education records, to the extent the disclosure does not violate any District or Federal laws.4611.6 A postgraduate physician shall be supervised by a licensed physician who meets the following requirements:- (a) Is a member of the medical staff of the institution, agency, or organization that sponsors the clinical training program; and

- (b) Is appointed to the teaching staff of the clinical training program.4611.7 A postgraduate physician may practice pursuant to this section for a maximum of five (5) years in a postgraduate clinical training program if the postgraduate physician has a valid agreement with the institution, organization, or agency sponsoring the clinical training program:- (a) The five (5) year period for graduates of U.S. and Canadian medical schools shall begin with the graduation from medical school; and

- (b) The five (5) year period for graduates of foreign medical schools, other than Canadian medical schools, shall begin at the beginning of an approved U.S. postgraduate training program.4611.8 A postgraduate physician shall obtain a license to practice medicine in the District after five (5)

years or the completion of a postgraduate clinical training program, which ever comes first.

4611.9 A student or a postgraduate physician shall identify himself or herself as such at all times when practicing medicine.

4611.10 A student or postgraduate physician shall comply with the standards of conduct for a licensed physician set forth in § 4612.

4611.11 A student or postgraduate physician may be disciplined for conduct that violates the Act or this chapter. The Board may deny an applicant a license, or take other disciplinary action against a student or postgraduate physician who is found to have violated the Act or this chapter, in accordance with Chapter 41 of this title.

4611.12 If the Board finds that a student or postgraduate physician has violated the Act or this chapter, the Board may, in addition to any other disciplinary action permitted by the Act, revoke, suspend, or restrict the privilege of the student or postgraduate physician to practice.

4611.13 For purposes of this section, “postgraduate physician” means a person who holds a degree in medicine or osteopathy, who is enrolled in a postgraduate clinical training program prior to licensure in any jurisdiction in the United States,

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 5999, 6009 (August 5, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 6028 (June 11, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 6834 (July 22, 2005).