(a) As used in this section:(1) “Board” means the Virgin Islands Board of Medical Examiners.(2) “Intern, resident, or fellow” means a physician in training in an accredited postgraduate training program.(3) “Limited medical registration” means a certificate that entitles the holder to practice medicine in a hospital or other institution licensed in the Virgin Islands and designated on the certificate of limited registration, or outside such hospital or other institution to treat patients under the supervision of a duly licensed physician under section 5 of this subchapter, or in any hospital, institution, clinic or program outside of the Virgin Islands affiliated for training purposes with the territorial hospital, institution or clinic designated on such certificate, which affiliation is approved by the Board. In all cases, the practice of medicine under a limited medical registration shall be in accordance with regulations promulgated by the hospital, institution or other clinic designated on the certificate.
(1) “Board” means the Virgin Islands Board of Medical Examiners.
(2) “Intern, resident, or fellow” means a physician in training in an accredited postgraduate training program.
(3) “Limited medical registration” means a certificate that entitles the holder to practice medicine in a hospital or other institution licensed in the Virgin Islands and designated on the certificate of limited registration, or outside such hospital or other institution to treat patients under the supervision of a duly licensed physician under section 5 of this subchapter, or in any hospital, institution, clinic or program outside of the Virgin Islands affiliated for training purposes with the territorial hospital, institution or clinic designated on such certificate, which affiliation is approved by the Board. In all cases, the practice of medicine under a limited medical registration shall be in accordance with regulations promulgated by the hospital, institution or other clinic designated on the certificate.
(b) Except for physicians licensed pursuant to section 5 of this subchapter, no person shall perform the duties of an intern, resident or fellow in the Virgin Islands without holding a limited medical registration certificate.
(c) Limited medical registration shall only be granted to individuals appointed as intern, resident or, fellow in a hospital licensed in the Virgin Islands, or other institution or clinic for the purpose of obtaining training in a medical program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, (ACGME), the American Osteopathic Association, (AOA), or other accrediting body approved by the Board, or to a fellow for the purpose of teaching, research and/or training in conjunction with a medical education program in a medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME) or by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA).
(d) It shall be the responsibility of each hospital, clinic or other institution to submit, upon request, a list of affiliated hospitals, institutions, clinics with existing training programs for interns, residents or, fellows.
(e) Once a full license to practice medicine in the Virgin Islands has been granted, all concurrent limited medical registration privileges shall cease.
(f) Limited Medical registration under this section may be revoked at any time by the Board.