Rulemaking

(a)The Board shall adopt rules necessary to issue an ITP License. The Board is authorized to develop the Internationally-Trained Physicians Interim Provisional License and Permanent Limited License pathway, to include, but not limited to, the rules and regulations governing the application, supervision, management, and execution of the Internationally-Trained Physicians program. The Board shall be guided, at a minimum, by the latest Federation of State Medical Boards general competencies endorsed by the Coalition of Physician Accountability.

(b)The Board shall provide for the issuance of an ITP Interim Provisional License for a term not to exceed four

(4)years from the date of issuance. An ITP may apply for a Permanent Limited License during CH. 12 MEDICAL PRACTICES - PART I the third year of the ITP’s service. If granted, the Permanent Limited License shall be valid for the remainder of the initial four ( 4 )-year term. It may be extended for one

(1)additional term not to exceed two

(2)years, for a total period not to exceed six

(6)years.

(c)The Board shall work with government of Guam-funded healthcare facilities, starting with GMH and the HPLO of DPHSS, for the first eighteen

(18)months following the enactment of this provision, to offer employment to an ITP at GMH. After the eighteen (18)-month period has elapsed, the Board shall accept applications from other government of Guam-funded healthcare facilities.

(d)The Board shall issue an Interim Provisional License or Permanent Limited License to ITPs who meet the requirements. The Board shall approve and grant exceptions to countries on a case-by-case basis, provided all other requirements are met, and it is evident that the employment of the ITP is to the benefit of the public.