Sections 36-4-20.8, 36-4-20.9 - Term of resident certificate--Authorized practice of medicine. Resident training permit defined
36-4-20.8. Term of resident certificate--Authorized practice of medicine. Any resident certificate is valid for a period not exceeding one year from the issuance thereof, if the certificate holder successfully continues in an approved residency program during the one-year period. The resident certificate shall allow the holder to practice medicine in this state in all functions involved in his residency program; to provide emergency room medical coverage on an irregular basis; and to provide short-term medical care to patients in the absence of their regularly licensed physician by agreement with the physician.
Source: SL 1987, ch 266, § 3.