(a) The state board of healing arts may issue a special permit to practice medicine and surgery, under the supervision of a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery, to any person who has completed undergraduate training at the university of Kansas school of medicine and who has not engaged in a full-time approved postgraduate training program.

(b) Such special permit shall be issued only to a person who: (1) Has made proper application for such special permit upon forms approved by the state board of healing arts;

(2) meets all qualifications of licensure except examinations and postgraduate training, as required by the Kansas healing arts act;

(3) has not yet commenced a full-time, approved postgraduate training program in Kansas;

(4) has obtained the sponsorship of a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery which sponsor practices in an area of Kansas which is determined under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 76-375, and amendments thereto, to be medically underserved; and

(5) has paid the prescribed fees as established by the state board of healing arts for the application for and granting of such special permit.

(c) The special permit, when issued, shall authorize the person to whom the special permit is issued to practice medicine and surgery under the supervision of the person licensed to practice medicine and surgery who has agreed to sponsor and accept responsibility for the services rendered by such special permit holder. A special permit holder may prescribe drugs, but may not prescribe controlled substances. The special permit shall not authorize the person holding the special permit to engage in the private practice of medicine and surgery. The holder of a special permit under this section shall not charge patients a fee for services rendered but may be compensated directly by the person under whose supervision and sponsorship the permit holder is practicing. A special permit holder shall clearly identify oneself to patients as a physician in training and may use the term “doctor” or “Dr.” The special permit shall expire on the day the person holding the special permit becomes engaged in a full-time, approved postgraduate training program or one year from its date of issuance, whichever occurs first. In no event may a special permit be renewed more than once.

(d) For the purposes of this section, “supervision” means that the supervising licensee is physically present within the healthcare facility or other site of patient care and is immediately available to the special permit holder.

(e) A person who practices under a special permit issued herein shall not be deemed to be rendering professional service as a health care provider in this state for purposes of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 40-3402, and amendments thereto.

(f) A person who practices under a special permit issued herein shall be subject to all provisions of the healing arts act, except as otherwise provided in this section.

(g) The board may adopt all necessary rules and regulations, not inconsistent herewith, for carrying out the provisions of this section.

(h) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas healing arts act.