64B15-12.001. Examinations

CHAPTER 64B15-12 EXAMINATIONS AND LICENSURE 64B15-12.001 Examinations 64B15-12.003 Applications for Licensure 64B15-12.0031 Registration as a Dispensing Physician; Delegation of Dispensing to Prescribing Physician Assistants 64B15-12.004 Personal Appearance by Applicant (Repealed) 64B15-12.005 Limited Licensure for Physicians Licensed in United States Jurisdictions 64B15-12.0051 Limited License for Graduate Assistant Physicians 64B15-12.006 Active Status License (Repealed) 64B15-12.007 Inactive Status License 64B15-12.0075 Requirements for Reactivation of Retired Status License 64B15-12.008 Delinquent License 64B15-12.009 Osteopathic Faculty Certificate 64B15-12.010 Temporary Certificate to Practice in an Area of Critical Need 64B15-12.011 Temporary Certificate for Active Duty Military and Veterans Practicing in Areas of Critical Need 64B15-12.001 Examinations. (1) Pursuant to Section 456.017(1)(c), F.S., the Board hereby approves and designates the use of an examination prepared by the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners as the examination for use by the Department. (2) The minimum passing score on this examination shall be determined by the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners. (a) In order to pass this examination a candidate must obtain a scaled score of 75 or better on this examination. (b) This scaled score of 75 is statistically equivalent to one and one half (1 1/2) standard deviations below the mean raw score for the group of persons who have been examined as a part of the national program of examination of osteopathic physician candidates. (3) For any applicant who has successfully completed Parts I and II of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners’ examination, who has not taken or has not passed Part III of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners’ examination in a timely manner, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine determines that successful completion of the COMVEX (Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Variable-Purpose Examination) is a substantially similar examination to the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners’ examination Part III, and will be accepted by this Board.