(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subchapter, the Board of Medical Examiners may issue an institutional license to practice to an eligible Government physician in the employ of, or under contract with, the Government. A physician with an institutional license may practice only in a Government hospital or other Government health facility under the direct supervision of the Medical Director of such hospital or facility or his designee, or the District Health Officer who shall be a permanently licensed physician. A license issued pursuant to this section may be renewed from year to year. An institutional licensee shall not provide private patient care for a fee.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “eligible Government physician” means an applicant who:
(1) meets the criteria established in section 34, subsection (a), paragraphs (1)–(4) of this subchapter;
(2) is a graduate of a qualified school of medicine as approved by the Board of Medical Examiners;
(3) has passed the Educational Commission of Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) examination, if a foreign medical graduate, and has not passed the local professional examination or does not have one year of internship in a hospital recognized by the American Medical Association;
(4) has been employed by, or under contract with, the Government and served competently for a period of at least three years upon the date of application for an institutional license; and
(5) has no disciplinary proceedings pending against him in any state, territory, commonwealth, possession or foreign jurisdiction.
(c) The Board of Medical Examiners is authorized and directed to promulgate such rules and regulations in accordance with section 33 of this subchapter, as it deems necessary, for the regulation of the practice of medicine and related sciences by persons with institutional licenses.