The Licensing Committee is as sub-committee of the Board comprised of two Board members, one who is a physician and the other member may be a public member or an attorney. The primary role of the Licensing Committee is to ensure that every physician applying for licensure in the Commonwealth is qualified by education and training in compliance with the Board's licensing regulations. As a sub-committee of the Board, the Licensing Committee is responsible for reviewing all license applications with legal issues, competency issues, malpractice or medical issues, waiver requests and other issues requiring Board approval. The Licensing committee may interview applicants applying for licensure. The recommendations of the Licensing Committee are forwarded to the full Board for approval.