| Licensure by Credentials

| Licensure by Credentials The licensure requirements for licensure by credentials are as follows: A. Applicant must be twenty-one (21) years of age and of good moral character. B. Present a diploma from a reputable medical college or college of osteopathic medicine, subject to the following conditions: 1. If the degree is from a medical college or a college of osteopathic medicine in the United States or Puerto Rico, the medical college must be accredited at the time of graduation by the LCME, a Joint Committee of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the AMA or the College of Osteopathic Medicine which must be accredited by the AOA. 2. If the degree is from a Canadian medical school, the school must be accredited at the time of graduation by the LCME and by the Committee on Accreditation for Canadian Medical Schools. 3. If the degree is from an international medical school, the medical school must be in the World Directory of Medical Schools or its equivalent. A graduate from an international medical school must either (i) possess a valid certificate from the ECFMG or (ii) document successful completion of a Fifth Pathway program and be currently board certified by a specialty board recognized by the ABMS. The Board will accept for licensure only those individuals completing Fifth Pathway Programs by December 31, 2009. Credentialing via Fifth Pathway Programs will be considered on an individual basis. 4. Any diploma or other document required to be submitted to the Board by an applicant which is not in the English language must be accompanied by a certified translation thereof into English. C. If a graduate from a medical college or college of osteopathic medicine in the United States, Canada or Puerto Rico, applicant must present documentation of having completed at least one (1) year of postgraduate training in the United States accredited by the ACGME or by the AOA; or training in Canada accredited by the RCPSC or CCFP. D. Applicants who graduated from an international medical school must present documentation of having completed either: 1. three (3) or more years of ACGME-approved postgraduate training in the United States or training in Canada approved by the RCPSC or CCFP; or 2. one (1) year of ACGME-approved postgraduate training in the United States or training in Canada approved by the RCPSC or CCFP, be currently board certified by a specialty board recognized by the ABMS and must have approval by the Board or Executive Director. E. An applicant who otherwise possesses all of the qualifications for licensure by credentials, but has not taken a medical proficiency examination or licensure examination within ten (10) years prior to filing his or her application, must pass the SPEX or COMVEX0F*, unless the applicant: 1. Submits satisfactory proof of current certification by an ABMS and participating in Maintenance of Certification (MOC) or AOA approved specialty board and participating in Osteopathic Continuous Certification (OCC); or 2. Submits proof that the applicant's sole purpose for seeking licensure is to serve as the Dean, Chairman of the Department or Faculty of an ACGME or AOA approved training program. In such case, a license shall remain in effect so long as licensee is a member of the faculty of the ACGME or AOA approved training program. F. Submit certified copy of either (i) a birth certificate or (ii) a valid passport. G. Submit certified copy of legal name change, if applicable. H. Complete an application for medical license and submit it to the Board in a manner prescribed by the Board with a recent passport type photograph. I. Submit fee prescribed by the Board. J. Submit fingerprints for state and national criminal history background checks. Adopted September 13, 1979; amended July 1, 1981; amended January 24, 1985; amended July 29, 1985; amended July 17, 1986; amended August 18, 1986; amended November 19, 1987; amended April 19, 1988; amended October 25, 1993; amended February 16, 2000; amended March 8, 2007; amended January 24, 2008; amended March 13, 2009; amended September 17, 2009; amended October 13, 2009; and amended March 20, 2015.