Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1) Certificates of
qualification without examination may, within the discretion of the Board, be
issued for a period of up to one year to the following applicants:
(a) Individuals enrolled in an American
Medical Association approved residency training program;
(b) Individuals enrolled in residency
training programs in LCME accredited schools or Colleges of Medicine in Alabama
approved by the Board as set forth in Section
540-X-3-.16.
(c) Visiting professors, subject to a time
limit specified by the Board, and distinguished professors at medical colleges,
and specialty professors at medical colleges,
(d) Physicians employed full-time at a state
penal institution or a state mental institution.
(e) Physicians employed full-time at any
other state institution approved by the Board.
(2) The Board may issue a certificate of
qualification without examination to practice medicine to the Medical Licensure
Commission when the below listed requirements have been met.
(a) Graduates of medical schools accredited
by the LCME or schools of osteopathy accredited by the American Osteopathic
Association must comply with the following:
1.
Applicant must have received a diploma from a college of medicine or osteopathy
approved by the Board;
2. Applicant
must have served or be serving a one year internship (residency) approved by
the American Medical Association or by the Board;
3. Applicant must submit a letter from the
Dean, Chief Medical Officer, or Program Director certifying applicant's
training or employment at that institution;
4. Applicant must submit the application fee
as set by Rule No.
540-X-3-.09;
5. Applicant must submit completed
application with required certification and attachments.
(b) Graduates of medical schools not
accredited by the LCME must comply with the following:
1. Applicant must have received a diploma
from a college of medicine or osteopathy and be eligible for examination by the
Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) for its certificate.
The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) and its
sponsoring organizations define a "graduate of a foreign medical school" as a
physician whose basic medical digress or qualification was conferred by a
medical school located outside of the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
The medical school must be listed at the time of an applicant's graduation in
the World Directory of Medical Schools by the World Health
Organization.
2. Applicant must
have served or be serving one year of internship (residency) approved by the
American Medical Association or the Board.
3. Applicant must be certified by the ECFMG
unless the applicant has received his medical training from a primarily English
speaking medical school. For the purposes of this rule, Fifth Pathway
Certification and passage of the examination administered by the Education
Council For Foreign Medical Graduates is hereby deemed equivalent to
certification given by the Education Council For Foreign Medical Graduates. The
Board may, within its discretion, waive the requirement of ECFMG certification
for an applicant for distinguished professor or an applicant for specialty
professor. The Board may, within its discretion, require that the applicant
meet with the Credentials Committee of the Board.
4. Applicant must submit application fee as
set by Rule
540-X-3-.07.
5. Applicant must submit completed
application with required certification and attachments.
(3) The Board may, within its
discretion, require that an applicant attend a personal interview with the
Credentials Committee of the Broad or, at its direction, a representative of
the Board in the following circumstances:
(a)
When the applicant's answer to any question on the application is incomplete or
requires additional explanation;
(b) When the Board is in receipt of any
information from any source concerning the applicant that would require
additional information or explanation;
(c) When it appears that the applicant may
have committed any of the acts constituting grounds for denial of a
license.
(4) Any
physician granted a limited license by this Board prior to December 31, 1969,
which license has been renewed each year, shall be entitled to the annual
renewal of such limited license, upon proper application, any other rule,
regulation or policy notwithstanding; unless and until such limited license is
revoked or suspended in accordance with §§
34-24-360 and
34-24-361, Code of
Ala. 1975, and these rules.
(5) For an applicant pursuant to
Code of Ala. 1975, §
34-24-75(b) who
is a physician employed full-time at a state penal institution or a state
mental institution, the following applies:
(a)
Applicants qualify for a certificate of qualification without examination in
circumstances which are the following:
1. The
applicant does not qualify to take a licensing examination listed in Ala. Code
§
34-24-70(a)(3);
or
2. The applicant has not met the
additional requirements for examination for certain applicants stated in
Code of Ala. 1975, §
34-24-70(a)(6)
a.; or
3. The applicant has
achieved a passing score on Step 1 and on Step 2 and on Step 3 of the USMLE,
but the applicant did not complete Steps 1, 2 and 3 within a seven (7) year
period; or
4. The applicant has
achieved a passing score on Step 3 of the USMLE, but the applicant achieved the
passing score in more than three administrations.
(b) An applicant does not qualify for a
certificate of qualification without examination if the applicant is eligible
to meet the examination requirements stated in Code of Ala.
1975, §
34-24-70(a)(3).
(6) Physicians employed full-time
at regional mental health programs and facilities created pursuant to
Code of Ala. 1975, §§
22-51-1 through
22-51-14 are deemed to be employed
full-time at state mental institutions and are subject to the requirements of
paragraph (5) of this rule for the purposes of certificates of qualification
issued without examination.
Rule 14 was renumbered to .15 as per certification filed
October 15, 2008; effective November 19, 2008. Rule .15 was renumbered to .16
as per certification filed May 16, 2013; effective June 20,
2013.
Authors: Alabama Board of Medical
Examiners
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
1975, §
34-24-53; Act No. 93-148.
