Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 40 - State Medical Board
Article 1 - Rules of Professional Conduct
12 AAC 40.020 - License by examination

(a) The physician qualification examination required for licensure in this state is the most current version of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE).

(b) The minimum passing score for

(c) Repealed 4/27/97.

(d) Repealed 4/27/97.

(e) Repealed 4/27/97.

(f) Repealed 4/27/97.

(g) Repealed 9/1/2007.

(h) Repealed 9/1/2007.

(i) Except as provided in (m) of this section, if an applicant does not pass all steps of the USMLE within the seven years after the date the applicant first passes step one or step two, whichever is earlier, the applicant must retake and pass all steps including steps previously passed.

(j) Except as provided in (m) of this section, if an applicant has passed any step of the USMLE in another state during the five years before application in this state, the applicant need only take the steps not passed as long as all steps are passed within seven years.

(k) An applicant for licensure under this section may make two attempts to pass each step or step component of the USMLE. An applicant who fails any step or step component of the USMLE on the second attempt must complete a supervised course of study approved by the board before permission to retake the step or step component will be given.

(l) An osteopathic applicant for licensure by examination may substitute the applicant's successful passing of all three levels of the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX) administered by the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners for the applicant's successfully passing of all three steps of the USMLE examination. The osteopathic applicant may only use the substitution if the applicant successfully passed all three levels of the COMLEX examination in sequential order within seven years of the applicant's successfully passing level one of the COMLEX examination. An osteopathic applicant for licensure under this subsection may make two attempts to pass each level of the COMLEX examination. If the applicant takes any level of the COMLEX examination and fails the second attempt, the applicant must complete a supervised course of study approved by the board, before permission to retake the level of the COMLEX examination will be given. The minimum passing score for all levels of the COMLEX examination is 75.

(m) An applicant that is enrolled in a dual degree medical program for M.D. and Ph.D. degrees must complete all three steps of the USMLE within 10 years from the date that the applicant passed the first step of the USMLE.