Foreign medical school graduates - degree equivalence.

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(1) For graduates of schools other than those approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association, or the successor of either entity, the board may require three years of postgraduate clinical training approved by the board. An applicant whose foreign medical school is not an approved medical college is eligible for licensure at the discretion of the board if the applicant meets all other requirements for licensure and holds specialty board certification, current at the time of application for licensure, conferred by a regular member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties or the American Osteopathic Association. The factors to be considered by the board in the exercise of its discretion in determining the qualifications of applicants shall include the following:

  1. The information available to the board relating to the medical school of the applicant;and

  2. The nature and length of the postgraduate training completed by the applicant.

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1186, § 1, effective October 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-36-107.6 as it existed prior to 2019.


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