Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 64B8-15.001 - Abbreviations and Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) "ACGME" means Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

(2) "Applicant" means a foreign medical school which applies to the Department for certification.

(3) "Board" means State of Florida Board of Medicine.

(4) "Clinical Clerkship" means an organized supervised educational experience involving the examination and care of patients in the practice of medicine, which is an integral part of the clinical component of the medical curriculum and which takes place in a teaching hospital or an acceptable equivalent health care facility.

(5) "Dean" means a university or college administrative official acting as chief academic officer in the supervision of a school or faculty.

(6) "Department" means State of Florida Department of Health.

(7) "Foreign Medical School" means a medical school outside the United States.

(8) "M.D. Degree" means an abbreviation for Medicine Doctor, Doctor of Medicine, an academic degree conferred by a college/university on one having satisfactorily completed a medical school curriculum established for preparation for the practice of medicine. Other degrees (example M.B.) are used as equivalent in some countries.

Notes

Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 64B8-15.001

Rulemaking Authority 458.309, 458.314(4) FS. Law Implemented 458.314 FS.

New 8-24-87, Formerly 21M-42.001, 61F6-42.001, 59R-15.001, Amended by Florida Register Volume 48, Number 125, June 28, 2022 effective 7/13/2022.

New 8-24-87, Formerly 21M-42.001, 61F6-42.001, 59R-15.001, Amended 7-13-22.