The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 26 : Professions and Occupations
Chapter 023 : Medicine
Subchapter 003A : Interstate Medical Licensure Compact
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 1420d)-
§ 1420d. Designation of state of principal license
(a) A physician shall designate a member state as the state of principal license for purposes of registration for expedited licensure through the Compact if the physician possesses a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in that state, and the state is:
(1) the state of primary residence for the physician;
(2) the state where at least 25 percent of the practice of medicine occurs;
(3) the location of the physician’s employer; or
(4) if no state qualifies under subdivision (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection, the state designated as state of residence for purpose of federal income tax.
(b) A physician may redesignate a member state as state of principal license at any time, as long as the state meets the requirements in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The Interstate Commission is authorized to develop rules to facilitate redesignation of another member state as the state of principal license. (Added 2017, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.)
