[Paragraph I effective until January 1, 2027; see also paragraph I set out below.]
I. (a) Except as provided in RSA 328-D:15, III and RSA 328-D:16, II, physician associates with fewer than 8,000 hours of post-graduate clinical practice hours practicing without at least one licensed New Hampshire physician in the group, practice, or health system shall enter into a written collaboration agreement with a New Hampshire licensed physician. The physician signing the collaboration agreement shall practice in a similar area of medicine as the physician associate. The physician associate shall provide proof of clinical hours worked upon request of the board of medicine.
(b) Any New Hampshire licensed physician associate with more than 8,000 post-graduate