Sec. 20-12. Licensure without examination. Limited practice based on out-of-state or military license.
Sec. 20-12. Licensure without examination. Limited practice based on out-of-state or military license. (a) Except as hereinafter provided, in lieu of the examination
required in section 20-10, the department may, under such regulations as the Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from the appropriate board, may
establish and, upon receipt of four hundred fifty dollars, accept a license from the board
of medical examiners or any board authorized to issue a license to practice osteopathic
medicine, osteopathy or its equivalent of any state or territory of the United States or
the District of Columbia or the Medical Council of Canada or of any agency in such
jurisdictions authorized to issue licenses to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine or
osteopathy, provided the applicant obtained such license after an examination substantially similar to or of higher quality than that required for a license in this state, has met
all the requirements of section 20-10 except for examination and is a currently practicing,
competent practitioner of good professional standing. The department may issue to an
applicant approved without examination as hereinbefore provided a license to practice
medicine and surgery.
(b) Except as hereinafter provided, the department may, in its discretion, and on
receipt of four hundred fifty dollars, likewise accept and approve, in lieu of the examination required in section 20-10, a diploma of the National Board of Medical Examiners
or a certificate of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, subject to the
same conditions as hereinbefore set forth for acceptance, in lieu of examination, of a
license from a board of medical examiners or any board authorized to issue a license to
practice osteopathic medicine, osteopathy or its equivalent of any state or territory of
the United States or the District of Columbia or the Medical Council of Canada, and
may issue to such diplomate or certificate holder a statement certifying to the fact that
the person named therein has been found qualified to practice medicine and surgery.
(c) In lieu of the examination required in section 20-10, the department may, under
such regulations as the Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from
the appropriate board, may establish, and upon the receipt of one hundred fifty dollars,
accept and approve the application of any physician for a temporary license to practice
solely in any state facility, and issue such license, subject to the same conditions set forth
in subsection (a) of this section for the acceptance of a license from another jurisdiction or
the application of a person who has been a resident student in and a graduate of a medical
school listed in the World Health Organization Directory, and has received the degree
of doctor of medicine, osteopathic medicine or other academic distinction that, in the
judgment of such board, is equivalent to the degree of doctor of medicine or osteopathic
medicine from such a school and has completed an additional year of postgraduate
experience subsequent to the receipt of said degree. Such temporary license shall not
be issued for a period longer than twelve months. During the period such temporary
license is in effect, such physician shall make application for an examination administered or approved by the department under the supervision of the appropriate board.
(d) No license shall be issued under this section to any applicant against whom
professional disciplinary action is pending or who is the subject of an unresolved complaint. The department shall inform the boards established under sections 20-8 and 20-8a annually of the number of applications it receives for licensure under this section.
(e) Any physician licensed in another state who is board-certified in pediatrics or
family medicine, or whose state standards for licensure are equivalent to or greater than
those required in this state, may practice as a youth camp physician in this state without
a license for a period not to exceed nine weeks.
(f) Any physician licensed or otherwise authorized to practice medicine by the
armed forces of the United States may practice as a physician without a license in a free
clinic in this state provided (1) the physician does not receive payment for such practice,
and (2) the physician carries, either directly or through the clinic, professional liability
insurance or indemnity against liability for professional malpractice equal to or greater
than that required of state-licensed physicians under section 20-11b.
(1949 Rev., S. 4364(b), (c); 1953, 1955, S. 2192d(b), (c); 1959, P.A. 616, S. 3; 1961, P.A. 363, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 45, S.
2; 1971, P.A. 64; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 41; 1972, P.A. 80, S. 4; P.A. 73-673, S. 2, 3; P.A. 76-234, S. 1, 2; 76-276, S. 16,
22; 76-435, S. 72, 82; P.A. 77-519, S. 5, 6; 77-614, S. 352, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 13, 174, 176; P.A. 81-130, S. 1, 2; P.A.
85-171, S. 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 18, 117; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-435, S. 5, 95; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A.
99-102, S. 6; P.A. 03-252, S. 20.)
History: 1959 act raised fees for accepting license from other state or territory, etc., from $75 and for accepting diploma
of National Board of Medical Examiners from $35; 1961 act added provisions re Medical Council of Canada; 1969 act
replaced "four graded courses of not less than thirty-two weeks each" with "one hundred and twenty-eight weeks of graded
courses" and replaced three-year practice requirement with one-year practice requirement; 1971 acts added Subsec. (c) re
youth camp physicians' licenses and increased fee for accepting license from other state or territory, etc. from $100 to $150
and for accepting diploma of National Board of Medical Examiners from $50 to $150; 1972 act required that examinations be
of the same quality for acceptance, deleted reference to schools approved under Sec. 20-11, deleted requirement that year
of practice be within five years immediately preceding date of application and deleted provisions forbidding acceptance
of license in lieu of examination from person failing to fulfill requirements under Sec. 20-3 in Subsec. (a) and deleted
exception in Subsec. (b) allowing diplomates of National Board of Medical Examiners to bypass one-year practice requirement; P.A. 73-673 replaced requirement that applicant be resident student for 128 course weeks with requirement that
applicant have been a resident student "in and a graduate of a medical school" listed in the World Health Organization
Directory and added requirement that applicant, if noncitizen and has not filed declaration of intent to become citizen, has
an approved petition for immigrant visa; P.A. 76-234 added Subsec. (d) re temporary licenses; P.A. 76-276 made provisions
applicable to medical examining board as well as homeopathic medical examining board; P.A. 76-435 made technical
changes; P.A. 77-519 removed references to citizenship or immigrant status of applicants; P.A. 77-614 gave regulation
power to commissioner of health services, rather than boards, but retained boards in advisory capacity, effective January
1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 transferred duties re acceptance and granting of licenses from boards to health services department,
replaced certificates of registration with licenses, added residency requirement in Subsec. (a) and required physician to be
a "currently practicing competent practitioner of good professional standing" omitting reference to moral character, deleted
Subsec. (c) re youth camp physicians' licenses, relettering Subsec. (d) accordingly and added provisions prohibiting issuance of license to applicant against whom disciplinary action is pending or who is subject of unresolved complaint and
requiring that board be informed of number of applicants for licensure on annual basis; P.A. 81-130 added Subsec. (d)
setting forth conditions under which physician licensed in another state may practice as a youth camp physician; P.A. 85-171 amended Subsec. (a) to require compliance with Sec. 20-10 and deleted some requirements re eligibility of foreign
applicants; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised license fees in Subsecs. (a) and (b) from $150 to $450; P.A. 93-381 replaced
commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A.
93-435 set out part of former Subsec. (c) as new Subsec. (d) and relettered former Subsec. (d) as new Subsec. (e), effective
June 28, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-102 added references to boards authorized to issue
license to practice osteopathic medicine or osteopathy or equivalent, made technical changes and added new Subsec. (f)
re practice based on military license; P.A. 03-252 amended Subsec. (e) by adding requirement that physician be board-certified in pediatrics or family medicine, effective July 9, 2003.
See Sec. 19a-88b re renewal of license of person serving in U.S. armed forces.
See note to Sec. 20-10.
Sec. 20-8a et seq. cited. 207 C. 346.
Under former statute not necessary to present diploma required in section 20-11. 11 CS 212. "May accept" is mandatory.
Id.; 13 CS 463. A regulation which imposes additional requirements beyond those contained in the statute is a nullity. Id.