West Virginia Board of Medicine

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New!
The Board has adopted a new position statement:  Guidelines for Physicians in Collaborative Relationships with Advanced Nurse Practitioners or Certified Nurse Midwives

Verifications
The WV Board of Medicine has partnered with Veridoc, Inc., to offer a fully automated, internet-based, license verification system for anyone requiring a hard-copy verification.  More information regarding this new arrangement may be found on our SERVICES PAGE.

To obtain a written verification, visit http://www.veridoc.org.

Fee Increase
Effective May 1, 2010, increased fees will apply to Board of Medicine services.
CLICK HERE to view Rule 11 CSR 4.

Free SAMHSA and PCSS Resource
The HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has funded development of a free resource for physicians related to the prescribing of opioids, care of opioid-dependent patients and chronic pain patients being treated with methadone. 

The Physician Clinical Support System (PCSS) website www.PCSSmentor.org is an important resource for prescribers in West Virginia.  Through PCSS, health care providers may connect with expert  mentors to get education about the use of methadone (PCSS-M) and buprenorphine (PCSS-B), and the appropriate care of opioid dependent patients and chronic pain patients.  Mentors provide individualized telephone, email and on-site support.  They come from across the country and work in pain clinics, primary care, licensed opioid treatment programs, and other practice settings.   

PCSS-B is designed to help with patient assessment, office logistics, initiating medication, treatment of co-morbid conditions, dosing and patient monitoring, guidance on management of special populations (e.g. Pain, HIV, HCV, Pregnancy).

PCSS-M is designed to help with patient assessment and selection, initiating and titrating methadone, conversion from other opioids, dosing and patient monitoring, interpreting methadone serum levels, drug-drug interactions, methadone and cardiac conduction, minimizing risk of diversion and overdose, management of co-occurring conditions, identification and provision of useful resources.

The toll free number is 877.630.8812.  Don’t miss this opportunity.

West Virginia Medical Professionals Health Program, Inc. provides monitoring services to licensees (M.D.'s, D.P.M.'s, and P.A.-C.'s) with dependency, addiction, and mental health disorders while they pursue treatment and recovery for the same.  Confidential participation in this physician health program is assured in instances where the licensee voluntarily self reports and remains in compliance with the program's requirements.  This program was formally established more than two years ago, and WVMPHP continues to actively make medical professionals and the health service industry statewide aware of its services and to provide education regarding the issues of substance abuse and dependency.

The WVMPHP's website address is http://www.wvmphp.org

The Southern Office of WVMPHP is located on the second floor at 4307 MacCorkle Ave. S.E., Charleston, WV.  The mailing address is P.O. Box 40027, Charleston, WV  25364, telephone 304.414.0400, fax 304.414.0401.  Office Hours:  9:00 to 5:00, Mon.- Fri.

The Northern Office of WVMPHP is located at 680 Genesis Boulevard, Suite #2, Bridgeport, WV  26330.  Office Hours:  8:00 to 4:00, Mon.- Fri.

P. Bradley Hall, M.D., Medical Director, may be reached at bhallmd@wvmphp.org.  L. Renee Green, R.N., Case Manager, may be reached at rgreen@wvmphp.org. 
 

Notice
West Virginia State Law provides that it is a misdemeanor for a patient, with the intent to deceive and obtain a controlled substance prescription, to withhold information from a practitioner that the patient has obtained a controlled substance prescription of a similar therapeutic use in a concurrent time period from another practitioner. Upon conviction, a fine and imprisonment may be imposed.  For a Notice of the law which may be downloaded and placed in a practitioner’s office, CLICK HERE.  (You will need Adobe Reader to open and print this file.)

Licensure Requirements
WV Board of Medicine website provides licensure requirement information for MD's (Medical Doctors), DPM's (Podiatrists) and PA's (Physician Assistants)

Board of Medicine Newsletter
Use the links to view the latest editions of the West Virginia Board of Medicine Newsletter and/or the West Virginia Board of Medicine Official Directory.  You may also request hard copies by contacting the Board.  There is a $50 (U.S. Dollars) charge for a copy of the directory.

Normal Office Hours are: Monday through Friday, 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. EST Click here for driving instructions to the Board office
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