"      Section 1. That § 36-4-19 be amended to read as follows:

     36-4-19.   The Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners may, without examination, issue a license to any applicant holding a currently valid license or certificate issued to the applicant by the examining board of the District of Columbia, any state or territory of the United States, the National Board of Medical Examiners, the National Board of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, or any province of Canada, from which the license was obtained by a written examination given by the board, if the legal requirements of the examining board at the time it issued the license or certificate were not less than those of this state at the time the license is presented for registration.

     Section 2. That § 36-4-41 be amended to read as follows:

     36-4-41.   Any nonresident physician or osteopath who, while located outside this state, provides diagnostic or treatment services through electronic means to a person patient located in this state under a contract with a health care provider licensed under Title 36, a clinic located in this state that provides health services, a health maintenance organization, a preferred provider organization, or a health care facility licensed under chapter 34-12, is engaged in the practice of medicine or osteopathy in this state. No nonresident physician or osteopath who, while located outside this state, consults on an irregular basis with a licensee under this chapter who is located in this state, is engaged in the practice of medicine or osteopathy in this state. Consultation between a nonresident physician or osteopath and a licensee under this chapter is governed by §  36-2-9. ".

Alice Christensen