Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 060 - STATE MEDICAL BOARD
Rule 060.00.98-002 - Regulation No. 14
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2024
WHEREAS the Medical Practices Act; more specifically Arkansas Code Annotated Sec. 17-93-403(a)(2) and Arkansas Code Annotated Sec. 17-93-404, sets forth that anyone desiring a license to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas must successfully pass an examination as approved by the Board.
WHEREAS the Arkansas State Medical Board is charged with selecting said examinations. WHEREFORE the Arkansas State Medical Board designates the following examinations as appropriate examinations for licensure:
1. Those individuals desiring a license to practice medicine and having graduated from an American or Canadian medical school must show proof of satisfactory completion of one of the following exams:
2. Those individuals desiring a license who have graduated from a foreign country's medical school in addition to the other requirements will show proof of successful completion of die ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Exam) and one of the following exams:
3. Those individuals desiring a license to practice medicine as an Osteopathic Physician in die State of Arkansas, in addition to the other requirements, will show proof of successful completion of one of the following exams:
4. Those individuals desiring a license by credential must show proof of successful completion of an examination accepted and stated above of one of the following:
5. I t is recognized by the Arkansas State Medical Board mat the Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX) and die National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) are being phased out as an accepted examination for licensure. It is also recognized by the Arkansas State Medical Board that the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) is being phased in as the primary form of examination for state licensure.
During this period of transition, the following will be accepted by the Arkansas State Medical Board as completion of an approved examination until year 2000.
NBME Part I or USMLE Step 1
plus
NBME Part II or USMLE Step 2
plus
NBME Part II or USMLE Step 3
FLEX Component 1
plus
USMLE Step 3
Or,
NBME Part I or USMLE Step 1
Plus
NBME Part II or USMLE Step 2
Plus
FLEX Component 2
The above combinations of examinations in no way is to imply that one cannot take the entire examination, that being those exams listed in Regulation 14-1, and passing the same.
History: Adopted March 12, 1992; Amended May 7, 1993
