The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 26 : Professions and Occupations
Chapter 023 : Medicine
Subchapter 002 : BOARD OF MEDICAL PRACTICE
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 1366)-
§ 1366. Out-of-state discipline; interim suspension of license
(a) The Board shall treat a certified copy of an order revoking or suspending the license of a person licensed to practice medicine or surgery in another jurisdiction on grounds for which a licensee may be disciplined under subdivision 1354(a)(23) of this title as an unprofessional conduct complaint. A certified copy of the order of revocation or suspension shall be conclusive evidence of the fact that the revocation or suspension occurred.
(b) The Board shall treat as an unprofessional conduct complaint any notice of a statement of a licensing entity in another jurisdiction that verifies that a person licensed to practice medicine or surgery in that jurisdiction failed to renew, surrendered, or otherwise terminated his or her license during, or prior to initiation of, proceedings to revoke or suspend his or her license. A certified copy of the statement shall be conclusive evidence of the fact that such termination occurred.
(c) Upon receipt of the certified copy of an order or statement referred to in subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the Board shall follow the procedures for interim suspension set forth in subsection 1365(b) of this chapter.
(d) The sole issue to be determined at the disciplinary hearing on a complaint filed under subsection (a) of this section shall be the nature of the disciplinary action to be taken by the Board. (Added 1995, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 2019, No. 126 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
