Arizona Administrative Code
Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 22 - BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC EXAMINERS IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Article 2 - LICENSING
Section R4-22-203 - Examination; Practice Equivalency to an Examination
Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 4-22-203
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. Approved examinations. For the purposes of licensing, the Board approves the following examinations:
1. All levels and parts of the COMLEX
required by the NBOME with a passing score determined by the NBOME;
2. All levels and parts of the USMLE required
by the NBME with a passing score determined by the NBME; and
3. A special purposes competency examination
given by the NBOME or NBME to an applicant at the request of the Board, with a
passing score established by the NBOME or NBME.
B. Practice equivalency to an examination. If an applicant has not passed an approved examination within the seven years before the date of application, the Board shall find that the applicant has practice experience equivalent to an approved examination if the applicant submits documentation of all of the following:
1. On the date of application and
continuously until the date the applicant is issued or denied a license, the
applicant holds:
a. An active license to
practice osteopathic medicine issued by another state, or
b. An active permit or temporary license to
practice in an approved residency or fellowship;
2. For at least seven of the 10 years
immediately before the date of application, the applicant:
a. Was in clinical practice providing direct
patient care, or
b. Was in the
second or later year of an approved residency or fellowship; and
c. Has completed a certification examination
provided by a specialty board under
R4-22-106;
and
3. Within two years
immediately before the date of application, the applicant completed at least 40
hours of approved CME, defined and documented as specified in
R4-22-207.
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