(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), a volunteer health practitioner shall adhere to the scope of practice for a similarly licensed practitioner established by the licensing provisions, practice acts, or other laws of the Virgin Islands.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), this chapter does not authorize a volunteer health practitioner to provide services that are outside the practitioner's scope of practice, even if a similarly licensed practitioner in this Territory would be permitted to provide the services.
(c) The Director may modify or restrict the health or veterinary services that volunteer health practitioners may provide pursuant to this chapter.
(d) A host entity may restrict the health or veterinary services that a volunteer health practitioner may provide pursuant to this chapter.
(e) A volunteer health practitioner does not engage in unauthorized practice unless the practitioner has reason to know of any limitation, modification, or restriction under this section or that a similarly licensed practitioner in this Territory would not be permitted to provide the services. A volunteer health practitioner has reason to know of a limitation, modification, or restriction or that a similarly licensed practitioner in this state would not be permitted to provide a service if:
(1) the practitioner knows the limitation, modification, or restriction exists or that a similarly licensed practitioner in this state would not be permitted to provide the service; or
(2) from all the facts and circumstances known to the practitioner at the relevant time, a reasonable person would conclude that the limitation, modification, or restriction exists or that a similarly licensed practitioner in this state would not be permitted to provide the service.
(f) In addition to the authority granted by other Virgin Islands law to regulate the conduct of health practitioners, the appropriate licensing board in this Territory:
(1) may impose administrative sanctions upon a health practitioner licensed in the Virgin Islands for conduct outside of the Territory in response to an out-of-state emergency;
(2) may impose administrative sanctions upon a practitioner not licensed in the Virgin Islands for conduct in the Territory in response to an in-state emergency; and
(3) shall report any administrative sanctions imposed upon a practitioner licensed in another state to the appropriate licensing board or other disciplinary authority in any other state in which the practitioner is known to be licensed.
(g) In determining whether to impose administrative sanctions under subsection (f), the appropriate licensing board or other disciplinary authority shall consider the circumstances in which the conduct took place, including any exigent circumstances, and the practitioner's scope of practice, education, training, experience, and specialized skill.