§ 90-12.3.  Medical school faculty license.

(a) The Board may issue a medical school faculty license to practice medicine and surgery to a physician who has met all of the following:

(1) The applicant holds a full-time faculty appointment as either an instructor, lecturer, assistant professor, associate professor, or full professor at a North Carolina medical school that is certified by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or the Commission of Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association.

(2) The applicant is not subject to disciplinary order or other action by any medical licensing agency in any state or other jurisdiction.

(b) The holder of the medical school faculty license issued under this section shall not practice medicine or surgery outside the confines of the medical school or its affiliates. The holder of the medical school faculty license practicing medicine or surgery beyond the limitations of the license shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense. The Board, at its discretion, may revoke the special license after due notice is given to the holder of the medical school faculty license.

(b1) A medical school faculty license shall become inactive at the time its holder does one or more of the following:

(1) Ceases to hold a full-time appointment as an instructor, lecturer, assistant professor, or full professor at a certified North Carolina medical school.

(2) Ceases to be employed in a full-time capacity by a certified North Carolina medical school.

(3) Obtains any other license to practice medicine issued by the Board.

The Board shall retain jurisdiction over the holder of the inactive license.

(c) The Board may adopt rules and set fees related to issuing medical school faculty licenses. The Board may, by rule, set a time limit for the term of a medical school faculty license. (2007-418, s. 7; 2019-191, s. 22.)