630A.270 - Applicant who is graduate of foreign medical school: Proof of qualification; examination.
630A.270 Applicant who is graduate of foreign medical school: Proof of qualification; examination.
1. An applicant for a license to practice homeopathic medicine who is a graduate of a foreign medical school shall submit to the Board through its Secretary-Treasurer proof that the applicant:
(a) Is a citizen of the United States, or that he or she is lawfully entitled to remain and work in the United States;
(b) Has received the degree of doctor of medicine or its equivalent, as determined by the Board, from a foreign medical school recognized by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates;
(c) Has completed 3 years of postgraduate training satisfactory to the Board;
(d) Has completed an additional 6 months of postgraduate training in homeopathic medicine;
(e) Has received the standard certificate of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates; and
(f) Has passed all parts of the Federation Licensing Examination, or has received a written statement from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates that the applicant has passed the examination given by the Commission.
2. In addition to the proofs required by subsection 1, the Board may take such further evidence and require such further proof of the professional and moral qualifications of the applicant as in its discretion may be deemed proper.
3. If the applicant is a diplomate of an approved specialty board recognized by this Board, the requirements of paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection 1 may be waived by the Board.
4. Before issuance of a license to practice homeopathic medicine, the applicant who presents the proof required by subsection 1 shall appear personally before the Board and satisfactorily pass a written or oral examination, or both, as to his or her qualifications to practice homeopathic medicine.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1483; A 1987, 2061)