North Dakota Code § 43-17-02.3

Practice of medicine or osteopathy by holder of permanent, unrestricted
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license - Exceptions.
The practice of medicine is deemed to occur in the state the patient is located. A practitioner 
providing medical care to a patient located in this state is subject to the licensing and 
disciplinary laws of this state and shall possess an active North Dakota license for the 
practitioner's profession. Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, any physician 
who is the holder of a permanent, unrestricted license to practice medicine or osteopathy in any 
state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a province of Canada may 
practice medicine or osteopathy in this state without first obtaining a license from the North 
Dakota board of medicine under one or more of the following circumstances:
1. As a member of an organ harvest team;
2. On board an air ambulance and as a part of its treatment team;

3. To provide one-time consultation on a diagnosis for a patient to a physician licensed in 
the state, or teaching assistance for a period of not more than seven days;
4. To provide consultation or teaching assistance previously approved by the board for 
charitable organizations; or
5. Under rules adopted by the board.

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