Physician - Nuclear Medicine Section Chief
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate.
We need to parse the posting.
Key sections:
- Summary: includes description of position, location, open continuous announcement dates. That could be "About the role". Should include details: full-time Nuclear Medicine Section Chief at ICVAHCS Imaging Service Line, location Iowa City VA, open continuous announcement through Dec 15 2026, first referral cutoff Oct 11 2026, monthly cutoffs on 1st, applications after cutoff reviewed as needed.
- Qualifications: includes basic requirements and additional requirement. That could be "Qualifications" or "Requirements". The posting has "Qualifications" heading then "Basic Requirements" and "Additional Requirement". We'll combine into a Qualifications section.
- Duties: includes responsibilities. That could be "Responsibilities". The duties list many bullet-like sentences. We'll put them in - .
- Benefits and Pay: The posting includes "VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package" then details: Pay: Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases; Paid Time Off: 50-55 days...; Retirement..., Insurance..., Licensure..., CME..., Malpractice..., Contract..., Work Schedule... So we have Pay, Benefits, Schedule sections.
We need to decide which headings to use: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Possibly Skills not present. Requirements maybe same as Qualifications. We'll include Qualifications.
We must not create sections with filler like "not specified". All sections have content.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. The posting didn't have that.
We must not include navigation/cookie etc.
We must output only HTML fragment, no or . Use
for each section heading. Use - for lists. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract.
About the role:
"The Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System (ICVAHCS) is seeking a full-time - Nuclear Medicine Section Chief to join the Imaging Service Line at the VAMC in Iowa City - Iowa. Note: This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT through December 15 - 2026. The first referral cut-off is October 11 - 2026 - at 11:59 p.m. EST - with monthly cut-offs on the 1st. Applications received after each cut-off will be reviewed as needed until the position is filled."
We need to keep the dash formatting? Probably keep as is but we can replace " - " with spaces or keep. It's fine.
Responsibilities (Duties):
List items:
- Planning for the provision of care - including adequate personnel - diagnostic equipment - and supplies to ensure availability of those procedures which are appropriate to the needs of the facility
- Providing timely patient care with acceptable turnaround times
- Ensuring equitable nuclear medicine physician duty assignments which are appropriate to training and experience
- Providing professional oversight to the nuclear medicine technologists
- Maintaining an acceptable level of personal clinical productivity
- Development of - and adherence to - standard procedures and protocols
- Development and monitoring of activities which improve patient safety - performance - and quality
- Maintaining a safe radiation environment
- Ensuring patient privacy and confidentiality of patient medical information
- Ensuring accurate CPT coding
- Ensuring compliance with all internal and external quality and radiation safety requirements - to include those of federal statues - VA policies/directives - The Joint Commission - Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) - National Health Physics Program (NHPP) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
- Representing the Nuclear Medicine Section - Imaging Service - and/or ICVAHCS facility during accreditation - inspection - or investigational surveys regarding Nuclear Medicine
- Recommending privileging requirements for Nuclear Medicine - reviewing requests for clinical privileges and making recommendations regarding appointment and privileging action
- Maintaining performance and competence data on all Nuclear Medicine physicians in a timely manner
- Providing technical expertise input for Nuclear Medicine equipment and contracts
- Maintaining sufficient computer skills necessary to work with advanced PACS - 3-D Imaging Workstations and Voice Recognition systems
- Supervising training programs in Nuclear Medicine to include medical students - residents and technologist students
- Participating in business planning - supply/equipment acquisition - manpower and budget management for Nuclear Medicine
- Representing Nuclear Medicine on hospital committees as appropriate
We need to keep the dash usage inside items; it's okay.
Qualifications (Basic Requirements + Additional Requirement):
Basic Requirements list:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
- Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine
- The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
- Current - full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State - Territory - or Commonwealth of the United States - or in the District of Columbia
- Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification
(NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are:
(1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education - the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - in the list published for the year the residency - or fellowship if applicable - was completed
OR (2) One year of post medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States
OR (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences
Exceptions: Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs)
PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis
PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged
rather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision
Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
In rare and unusual circumstances - the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer - who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience - accomplishments - performance - and qualifications warrant such action
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
- Additional Requirement: Certified by the American Board Nuclear Medicine
The American Board of Radiology with Special Competence in Nuclear Medicine - or the equivalent
- Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
- Physical Requirements: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position
Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination
See VA Directive and Handbook 5019.
We need to keep all that.
Benefits: The paragraph after "VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package" includes many items. We'll split into Benefits (non-pay) and Pay and Schedule.
But the instruction: Use headings Benefits, Pay, Schedule only if posting actually states them. It does state Pay, Benefits (the total rewards package includes many items), and Work Schedule.
We could combine Benefits and Pay into one section? But we have separate headings allowed. We'll create Benefits section for items like Paid Time Off, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, CME, Malpractice, Contract. Pay section for Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases. Schedule section for Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:30am-4:00pm Alternative work hours - if desired - should be agreed upon at the time of hire.
We must not include filler like "not specified". All have specifics.
Now produce HTML.
We'll structure:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Qualifications
... maybe we need to break into subpoints? Could use
for each requirement. The instruction: Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for Qualifications we should use list. Similarly for Benefits and Pay maybe list.
Thus:
Qualifications
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
- Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine
- The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
- Current - full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State - Territory - or Commonwealth of the United States - or in the District of Columbia
- Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification
(NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are:
(1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education - the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - in the list published for the year the residency - or fellowship if applicable - was completed
OR (2) One year of post medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States
OR (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences
Exceptions: Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs)
PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis
PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged
rather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties
for each section heading. Use - for lists. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract.
About the role:
"The Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System (ICVAHCS) is seeking a full-time - Nuclear Medicine Section Chief to join the Imaging Service Line at the VAMC in Iowa City - Iowa. Note: This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT through December 15 - 2026. The first referral cut-off is October 11 - 2026 - at 11:59 p.m. EST - with monthly cut-offs on the 1st. Applications received after each cut-off will be reviewed as needed until the position is filled."
We need to keep the dash formatting? Probably keep as is but we can replace " - " with spaces or keep. It's fine.
Responsibilities (Duties):
List items:
- Planning for the provision of care - including adequate personnel - diagnostic equipment - and supplies to ensure availability of those procedures which are appropriate to the needs of the facility
- Providing timely patient care with acceptable turnaround times
- Ensuring equitable nuclear medicine physician duty assignments which are appropriate to training and experience
- Providing professional oversight to the nuclear medicine technologists
- Maintaining an acceptable level of personal clinical productivity
- Development of - and adherence to - standard procedures and protocols
- Development and monitoring of activities which improve patient safety - performance - and quality
- Maintaining a safe radiation environment
- Ensuring patient privacy and confidentiality of patient medical information
- Ensuring accurate CPT coding
- Ensuring compliance with all internal and external quality and radiation safety requirements - to include those of federal statues - VA policies/directives - The Joint Commission - Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) - National Health Physics Program (NHPP) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
- Representing the Nuclear Medicine Section - Imaging Service - and/or ICVAHCS facility during accreditation - inspection - or investigational surveys regarding Nuclear Medicine
- Recommending privileging requirements for Nuclear Medicine - reviewing requests for clinical privileges and making recommendations regarding appointment and privileging action
- Maintaining performance and competence data on all Nuclear Medicine physicians in a timely manner
- Providing technical expertise input for Nuclear Medicine equipment and contracts
- Maintaining sufficient computer skills necessary to work with advanced PACS - 3-D Imaging Workstations and Voice Recognition systems
- Supervising training programs in Nuclear Medicine to include medical students - residents and technologist students
- Participating in business planning - supply/equipment acquisition - manpower and budget management for Nuclear Medicine
- Representing Nuclear Medicine on hospital committees as appropriate
We need to keep the dash usage inside items; it's okay.
Qualifications (Basic Requirements + Additional Requirement):
Basic Requirements list:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
- Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine
- The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
- Current - full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State - Territory - or Commonwealth of the United States - or in the District of Columbia
- Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification
(NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are:
(1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education - the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - in the list published for the year the residency - or fellowship if applicable - was completed
OR (2) One year of post medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States
OR (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences
Exceptions: Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs)
PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis
PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged
rather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision
Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
In rare and unusual circumstances - the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer - who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience - accomplishments - performance - and qualifications warrant such action
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
- Additional Requirement: Certified by the American Board Nuclear Medicine
The American Board of Radiology with Special Competence in Nuclear Medicine - or the equivalent
- Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
- Physical Requirements: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position
Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination
See VA Directive and Handbook 5019.
We need to keep all that.
Benefits: The paragraph after "VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package" includes many items. We'll split into Benefits (non-pay) and Pay and Schedule.
But the instruction: Use headings Benefits, Pay, Schedule only if posting actually states them. It does state Pay, Benefits (the total rewards package includes many items), and Work Schedule.
We could combine Benefits and Pay into one section? But we have separate headings allowed. We'll create Benefits section for items like Paid Time Off, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, CME, Malpractice, Contract. Pay section for Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases. Schedule section for Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:30am-4:00pm Alternative work hours - if desired - should be agreed upon at the time of hire.
We must not include filler like "not specified". All have specifics.
Now produce HTML.
We'll structure:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Qualifications
... maybe we need to break into subpoints? Could use
for each requirement. The instruction: Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for Qualifications we should use list. Similarly for Benefits and Pay maybe list.
Thus:
Qualifications
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
- Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine
- The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
- Current - full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State - Territory - or Commonwealth of the United States - or in the District of Columbia
- Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification
(NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are:
(1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education - the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - in the list published for the year the residency - or fellowship if applicable - was completed
OR (2) One year of post medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States
OR (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences
Exceptions: Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs)
PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis
PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged
rather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract. About the role: "The Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System (ICVAHCS) is seeking a full-time - Nuclear Medicine Section Chief to join the Imaging Service Line at the VAMC in Iowa City - Iowa. Note: This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT through December 15 - 2026. The first referral cut-off is October 11 - 2026 - at 11:59 p.m. EST - with monthly cut-offs on the 1st. Applications received after each cut-off will be reviewed as needed until the position is filled." We need to keep the dash formatting? Probably keep as is but we can replace " - " with spaces or keep. It's fine. Responsibilities (Duties): List items: - Planning for the provision of care - including adequate personnel - diagnostic equipment - and supplies to ensure availability of those procedures which are appropriate to the needs of the facility - Providing timely patient care with acceptable turnaround times - Ensuring equitable nuclear medicine physician duty assignments which are appropriate to training and experience - Providing professional oversight to the nuclear medicine technologists - Maintaining an acceptable level of personal clinical productivity - Development of - and adherence to - standard procedures and protocols - Development and monitoring of activities which improve patient safety - performance - and quality - Maintaining a safe radiation environment - Ensuring patient privacy and confidentiality of patient medical information - Ensuring accurate CPT coding - Ensuring compliance with all internal and external quality and radiation safety requirements - to include those of federal statues - VA policies/directives - The Joint Commission - Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) - National Health Physics Program (NHPP) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) - Representing the Nuclear Medicine Section - Imaging Service - and/or ICVAHCS facility during accreditation - inspection - or investigational surveys regarding Nuclear Medicine - Recommending privileging requirements for Nuclear Medicine - reviewing requests for clinical privileges and making recommendations regarding appointment and privileging action - Maintaining performance and competence data on all Nuclear Medicine physicians in a timely manner - Providing technical expertise input for Nuclear Medicine equipment and contracts - Maintaining sufficient computer skills necessary to work with advanced PACS - 3-D Imaging Workstations and Voice Recognition systems - Supervising training programs in Nuclear Medicine to include medical students - residents and technologist students - Participating in business planning - supply/equipment acquisition - manpower and budget management for Nuclear Medicine - Representing Nuclear Medicine on hospital committees as appropriate We need to keep the dash usage inside items; it's okay. Qualifications (Basic Requirements + Additional Requirement): Basic Requirements list: - United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy - Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine - The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed - Current - full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State - Territory - or Commonwealth of the United States - or in the District of Columbia - Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education - the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - in the list published for the year the residency - or fellowship if applicable - was completed OR (2) One year of post medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States OR (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences Exceptions: Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs) PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged rather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs In rare and unusual circumstances - the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer - who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience - accomplishments - performance - and qualifications warrant such action - Proficiency in spoken and written English - Additional Requirement: Certified by the American Board Nuclear Medicine The American Board of Radiology with Special Competence in Nuclear Medicine - or the equivalent - Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/ - Physical Requirements: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination See VA Directive and Handbook 5019. We need to keep all that. Benefits: The paragraph after "VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package" includes many items. We'll split into Benefits (non-pay) and Pay and Schedule. But the instruction: Use headings Benefits, Pay, Schedule only if posting actually states them. It does state Pay, Benefits (the total rewards package includes many items), and Work Schedule. We could combine Benefits and Pay into one section? But we have separate headings allowed. We'll create Benefits section for items like Paid Time Off, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, CME, Malpractice, Contract. Pay section for Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases. Schedule section for Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:30am-4:00pm Alternative work hours - if desired - should be agreed upon at the time of hire. We must not include filler like "not specified". All have specifics. Now produce HTML. We'll structure:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Qualifications
... maybe we need to break into subpoints? Could use
- for each requirement. The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for Qualifications we should use list. Similarly for Benefits and Pay maybe list.
Thus:
Qualifications
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
- Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine
- The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
- Current - full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State - Territory - or Commonwealth of the United States - or in the District of Columbia
- Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education - the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - in the list published for the year the residency - or fellowship if applicable - was completed OR (2) One year of post medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States OR (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences Exceptions: Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs) PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged rather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties