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ATTENTION Click here to Renew for Medical Doctors Whose Last Names Begin With the Letters A Through L

Beginning May 10, 2012, licensees who meet the criteria for online renewal may go to the Board’s website and follow the online renewal directions. The criteria are as follows:

1. Currently hold an ACTIVE medical license; or

2. currently hold an INACTIVE medical license and will renew in an INACTIVE status; and

3. Have obtained the required continuing medical education;

4. Answer “no” to all questions (see “Renewal FAQ’s” currently on the Board’s website); and desire to pay via credit/debit card.

If a licensee is unable to use the online renewal service, he or she will need to submit a written request for a paper renewal application to complete and return to the Board offices. A request form for a paper renewal application is available under the “FORMS” section. All paper renewal applications will be mailed on May 10, 2012. The online application must be completed and submitted, or the completed paper application must be received in the Board offices, BEFORE Saturday, June 30, 2012, at 4:30 p.m., in order to avoid the expiration of your West Virginia medical license.

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Beginning this renewal period….End of Life Care including pain management continuing medical education is no longer required.

ATTENTION Civil Surgeons A series of teleconference seminars for civil surgeons being hosted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), is to be held on Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 12:00 pm (Eastern). Please note that this engagement is intended for civil surgeons only. During the session USCIS will provide an overview of the requirements for completing Form I-693, Report of Medical Exam and Vaccination Record and conducting immigration medical exams. The seminar will focus on how to complete Form I-693. It will secondarily focus on civil surgeons’ roles and responsibilities. Subject matter experts from USCIS and the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be available to respond to civil surgeons’ questions. If you are interested please email the Office of Public Engagement no later than Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Public.Engagement@uscis.dhs.gov

The January - March 2012 Newsletter is now available you may click here to view or download.

NOTICE TO PRACTITIONERS WISHING TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE 2013 BOY SCOUT NATIONAL JAMBOREE IN WEST VIRGINIA  The West Virginia Board of Medicine is not involved in any way in the process of permitting physicians to volunteer. Any physician who does NOT hold an active West Virginia medical license should contact Jamboree Medical Services for information about providing medical care in connection with the Boy Scout Jamboree.  All questions should be directed to 2013jamboree@scouting.org. or Boy Scouts of America, 68 Crossroads Mall, Mt. Hope, WV 25880 For more information on the 2013 Boy Scout Jamboree contact: 304.250.6753.

 

Federation of State Medical Boards Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX            Some of the Board members and the Executive Director were able to attend the educational and informative Federation of State Medical Boards, Inc. Annual Meeting held in Fort Worth, Texas in April 2012.  Among the FSMB Annual Meeting many accomplishments was approval of  Model Policy Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Social Media and Social Networking in Medical Practice.  Any practitioner will benefit from reviewing these Model Policy Guidelines, in regard to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of their patients and maintaining a standard of professionalism in all social media and social networking interactions.  In taking advantage of the opportunities afforded by  social media and social networking also be aware of some of the challenges they present for physician, podiatrists and physician assistants. Take a look at http://www.fsmb.org/pdf/pub-social-media-guidelines.pdf.

New Position Statement
The Board has adopted a new position statement:  Guidelines for Physicians in Collaborative Relationships for Prescriptive Authority 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 medical doctors and physician assistants 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.

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, Inc., 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, Inc., 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 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday.

The Northern Office of WVMPHP, Inc., is located at 680 Genesis Boulevard, Suite #2, Bridgeport, WV  26330, telephone 304.933.1030, fax 304.933.1006.  Office Hours:  8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday -  Friday.

P. Bradley Hall, M.D., Medical Director, may be reached at bhallmd@wvmphp.org.

Teresa Warner, Case Manager who staffs the Southern Office, may be reached at twarner@wvmphp.org. 

Linda Allman, Case Manager who staffs the Northern Office, may be reached at lallman@wvmphp.org.

 

Notice
West Virginia State Law provides that it is a misdemeanor for a patient, in an attempt to obtain a prescription for a controlled substance, to knowingly withhold  from a practitioner, that the patient has obtained a controlled substance prescription of the same or 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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