An Act To Increase Access to Health Care by Attracting Qualified Physicians to Maine

Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §3276,  as amended by PL 2003, c. 601, §5, is further amended to read:

§ 3276. Temporary licensure

A physician who is qualified under section 3275 may must within 60 days of application for a temporary license, without examination, be granted a temporary license for a period not to exceed one year when the board determines that this action is necessary in order to provide relief for local or national emergencies or for situations in which the number of physicians is insufficient to supply adequate medical services or for the purpose of permitting the physician to serve as locum tenens for another physician who is licensed to practice medicine in this State. The fee for this temporary license may not be more than $400 $100.

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This bill amends the law regarding the temporary licensure of physicians to require the temporary licensure of a physician within 60 days of application for a temporary license when the Board of Licensure in Medicine determines temporary licensure of the physician is necessary to provide relief for a local or national emergency or for a situation in which the number of physicians is insufficient to supply adequate medical services or for the purpose of permitting the physician to serve as locum tenens for another physician. It reduces the fee for the temporary license from $400 to $100.