148.3 - LICENSE TO PRACTICE.
148.3 LICENSE TO PRACTICE.
1. An applicant for a license to practice medicine and surgery or
osteopathic medicine and surgery shall present to the board all of
the following:
a. A diploma issued by a medical college or college of
osteopathic medicine and surgery approved by the board, or other
evidence of equivalent medical education approved by the board. The
board may accept, in lieu of a diploma from a medical college
approved by the board, all of the following:
(1) A diploma issued by a medical college or college of
osteopathic medicine and surgery which has been neither approved nor
disapproved by the board.
(2) A valid standard certificate issued by the educational
commission for foreign medical graduates or similar accrediting
agency.
b. Evidence of having passed an examination prescribed by the
board which shall include subjects which determine the applicant's
qualifications to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic
medicine and surgery and which shall be given according to the
methods deemed by the board to be the most appropriate and
practicable. However, one or more examinations as prescribed by the
board or any other national standardized examination which the board
approves may be administered to any or all applicants in lieu of or
in conjunction with other examinations which the board prescribes.
The board may establish necessary achievement levels on all
examinations for a passing grade and adopt rules relating to
examinations.
c. Satisfactory evidence that the applicant has successfully
completed one year of postgraduate internship or resident training in
a hospital approved for such training by the board. An applicant who
holds a valid certificate issued by the educational commission for
foreign medical graduates shall submit satisfactory evidence of
successful completion of two years of such training.
2. An application for a license shall be made to the board of
medicine. All license and renewal fees shall be paid to the board.
3. The board shall give priority to the processing of
applications for licensure submitted by physicians and surgeons and
osteopathic physicians and surgeons whose practice will primarily
involve provision of service to underserved populations, including
but not limited to minorities or low-income persons, or who live in
rural areas.
4. The issuance of reciprocal agreements pursuant to section
147.44 is not required and is subject to the discretion of the board.
Section History: Early Form