The Medical Licensing Board of Indiana is a state government agency that licenses and disciplines physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare professionals in Indiana. It is a member of the Federation of State Medical Boards.
History The Medical Licensing Board was established as the State Board of Medical Registration and Examination by an act of the Indiana General Assembly in 1897.An Act regulating the practice of medicine, surgery and obstetrics, providing for the issuing of licenses to practice, providing for the appointment of a State Board of Medical Registration and Examination and defining their duties, defining certain misdemeanors and providing penalties, and repealing all laws in conflict therewith and certain acts therein specified, H. 226, Indiana General Assembly, March 8, 1897. Upon establishment, the board first issued licenses for physicians; it expanded to osteopaths in 1901. It had responsibility for chiropractic until 1981 and for podiatry until 1993; those areas are now governed by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the Podiatric Medicine Board, respectively.
In 1945, the word "State" was dropped from the board's name, making it the Board of Medical Registration and Examination of Indiana; its current name, the Medical Licensing Board, was adopted in 1975.
Governance and makeup The board is made up of seven members, appointed by the state governor, no more than four of whom can be of the same political party.Indiana Code § 25-22.5-2-1 (2021), Creation of Medical Licensing Board; Creation and Membership Five of the members are required to be physicians, and one an osteopathic physician; the seventh member serves as a representative of the general public and is required to be in no way associated with the medical profession other than as a consumer. Members serve a four-year term, with no limit on the number of times they can be re-appointed.
The board is responsible for licensing the following:
Doctors of Medicine (M.D.); Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.); Licensed dietitians (L.D.); Anesthesiologist assistants; Genetic counselors; Limited scope physicians (a temporary permit, limited to specific activities, functions, series of events or purpose, and to a specific geographic area within the state of Indiana); Non-Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates permits; Postgraduate training permits; Teaching permits; Diabetes educators. Volunteer health care registry locations; and Acupuncturists.
The board is governed by Article 22.5 of the Indiana Code,Indiana Code, Article 22.5 (2021), Physicians and by the regulations in Title 844 of the Indiana Administrative Code.Indiana Administrative Code, Title 844 (2021), Medical Licensing Board
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