In order to receive a license to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery, an applicant must satisfactorily complete a standard, national examination, specified through legislative rule of the board or an examination administered by the licensing authority of another state and approved by the board as equivalent to the national examination or to the former West Virginia state examination.
The examination for a license to practice medicine and surgery as an osteopathic physician and surgeon shall cover substantive and clinical knowledge in all the essential branches of medicine and surgery including anatomy, physiology, chemistry, pharmacology, pathology, public health--preventive medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, osteopathic medicine, materia medica principles and practice of osteopathy. The list of subjects may be expanded or regrouped at the discretion of the board.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations
Article 14. Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
§30-14-3. Board of Osteopathic Medicine
§30-14-4. Application for License or Educational Permit
§30-14-6. Issuance of License Without Examination; Fee
§30-14-7. Reciprocal Endorsement Fee
§30-14-9. Duties and Rights of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
§30-14-12. Offenses; Penalties
§30-14-12d. Telemedicine Practice; Requirements; Exceptions; Definitions; Rulemaking
§30-14-13. Limitation of Article
§30-14-16. Combining Staff Functions With West Virginia Board of Medicine