633.361 - Issuance of license without examination.

633.361  Issuance of license without examination.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 633.315, the Board may issue a license without examination to a person:

      (a) Who has completed a hospital internship and is licensed in any country, state, territory or province to practice osteopathic medicine, if the licensing requirements of that country, state, territory or province at the time the license was issued are deemed by the Board to be practically equivalent to the licensing requirements in force in this State at that time.

      (b) Who is a graduate of a school of osteopathic medicine, has completed a hospital internship and passed an examination for admission into the medical corps of any of the Armed Forces of the United States or the United States Public Health Service or who possesses a certificate from the National Board of Examiners for Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons.

      2.  Any person applying for a license under the provisions of subsection 1 shall:

      (a) Furnish to the Board such proof of qualifications and pass an oral examination as the Board may require; and

      (b) Pay in advance to the Board the application and initial license fee specified in this chapter.

      (Added to NRS by 1977, 946; A 1991, 1073; 2001, 493)