Exceptions to Jurisdiction

Exceptions to Jurisdiction. Nothing in this chapter shall: (a) Prohibit the exercise of the traditional Micronesian art of healing or a person’s practicing a recognized religion or local faith that includes in its tenets the ministering to the sick or suffering, provided that: (1) No such person shall be exempt from the public health laws of the Commonwealth; and (2) No such person shall employ the title “doctor” or “Dr.”; (b) Prohibit a person from administering a lawful domestic or family remedy to a member of his or her own family; (c) Prohibit the rendering of medical assistance in cases of emergency where no fee or other consideration is contemplated, charged or received; (d) Apply to any commissioned medical officer in the United States military or public health service while engaged in the discharge of official duty; (e) Prohibit the brief rendering of emergency medical treatment or critical medical service at the specific lawful direction of a medical institution or federal agency that has been approved by the Board for such purpose; (f) Apply to any practitioner of a health care profession from a state or foreign country when in limited consultation, including in-person, mail, telephonic, telemedicine, or other electronic consultation, with a Commonwealth-licensed health care professional, if the health care professional from the other jurisdiction is licensed to practice in another jurisdiction; or (g) Apply to the practice of nursing as provided in the Nurse Practice Act, PL 14-62, as amended (codified at 3 CMC § 2301 et seq.). Source: PL 15-105, § 3(2203).