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This limited license shall be valid for a period of not more than one year, but may be renewed annually by the Board upon recommendation of the dean of the medical school and continued service as a full-time or adjunct faculty member.B\n\nAfter receiving a recommendation from the dean of an accredited medical school which was reached after consultation with the chairmen of the departments in the school or college and having become satisfied that the applicant is a person whose attendance will benefit the medical school, the Board may issue a limited license to practice medicine as a fellow if such fellowship is ranked between the residency level and that of associate professor. This limited license shall only authorize the holder to practice medicine in the hospitals and outpatient clinics of the school while he is a full-time fellow. The license shall be valid for a period of not more than one year, but may be renewed upon recommendation of the dean of the medical school and continuation of the fellowship. 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This law was first created in 1964. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 285 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1970, chapter 69; in 1975, chapter 508; in 1977, chapter 586; in 1988, chapter 765; in 2003, chapter 473<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65429,"section_number":"54.1-2910.1","catch_line":"Certain data required","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2910.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":242163,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77498,"identifier":"54.1-2936","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/3\/54.1-2936","url":"\/54.1-2936\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2936\/","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/3\/54.1-2936","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limited licenses to certain graduates of foreign medical schools","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2936","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> After receiving a recommendation from the dean of an accredited medical school which was reached after consultation<\/span> with the chairmen of the departments in the school or college and having become satisfied that the applicant is a person of professorial rank whose knowledge and special training will benefit the medical school or educational programs sponsored by the medical school in affiliated hospitals, the Board<\/span> may issue<\/span> a limited license to practice medicine in the hospitals and outpatient clinics of the school or college or in a hospital formally affiliated with the medical school for purposes of undergraduate or postgraduate medical education to a graduate of a foreign medical school as long as he serves as a full-time or adjunct faculty member. This limited license shall be valid for a period of not more than one year, but may be renewed annually by the Board<\/span> upon recommendation of the dean of the medical school and continued service as a full-time or adjunct faculty member. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> After receiving a recommendation from the dean of an accredited medical school which was reached after consultation<\/span> with the chairmen of the departments in the school or college and having become satisfied that the applicant is a person whose attendance will benefit the medical school, the Board<\/span> may issue<\/span> a limited license to practice medicine as a fellow if such fellowship is ranked between the residency level and that of associate professor. This limited license shall only authorize the holder to practice medicine in the hospitals and outpatient clinics of the school while he is a full-time fellow. The license shall be valid for a period of not more than one year, but may be renewed upon recommendation of the dean of the medical school and continuation of the fellowship. A limited license to a foreign graduate engaged in a fellowship shall not be renewed more than twice. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITED LICENSES TO CERTAIN GRADUATES OF FOREIGN MEDICAL SCHOOLS (\u00a7 54.1-2936)\n\nA. After receiving a recommendation from the dean of an accredited medical\nschool which was reached after consultation with the chairmen of the departments\nin the school or college and having become satisfied that the applicant is a\nperson of professorial rank whose knowledge and special training will benefit\nthe medical school or educational programs sponsored by the medical school in\naffiliated hospitals, the Board may issue a limited license to practice medicine\nin the hospitals and outpatient clinics of the school or college or in a\nhospital formally affiliated with the medical school for purposes of\nundergraduate or postgraduate medical education to a graduate of a foreign\nmedical school as long as he serves as a full-time or adjunct faculty member.\nThis limited license shall be valid for a period of not more than one year, but\nmay be renewed annually by the Board upon recommendation of the dean of the\nmedical school and continued service as a full-time or adjunct faculty member.\n\nB. After receiving a recommendation from the dean of an accredited medical\nschool which was reached after consultation with the chairmen of the departments\nin the school or college and having become satisfied that the applicant is a\nperson whose attendance will benefit the medical school, the Board may issue a\nlimited license to practice medicine as a fellow if such fellowship is ranked\nbetween the residency level and that of associate professor. This limited\nlicense shall only authorize the holder to practice medicine in the hospitals\nand outpatient clinics of the school while he is a full-time fellow. The license\nshall be valid for a period of not more than one year, but may be renewed upon\nrecommendation of the dean of the medical school and continuation of the\nfellowship. A limited license to a foreign graduate engaged in a fellowship\nshall not be renewed more than twice.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 285, \u00a7 54-311.1; 1970, c. 69; 1975, c. 508; 1977, c. 586, \u00a7\n54-311.2; 1988, c. 765; 2003, c. 473.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}