Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Chapter 85 - MEDICAL EXAMINERS
Subchapter 2 - PHYSICIANS' APPLICATIONS
Section 16-85-8 - Examination and reexamination

(a) An applicant for licensure shall take and pass the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), or the Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX), or the three steps of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), or an approved combination of these examinations.

(b) Approved combinations prior to the year 2000 are as follows:

(c) Applicants for the USMLE shall file the examination application, examination fees, and evidence of education and residency training directly with the testing agency contracted by the board to administer the examinations.

(d) The USMLE shall be administered at least two times per year and the passing grade for each step shall be a score of at least seventy-five.

(e) Applicants shall have passed all three steps of the USMLE within seven years. Failure to obtain passing scores for each step within seven years shall result in the forfeiture of the score of the step taken outside of the seven year period. The seven year period begins on the date of administration of the first examination which the applicant passed. The applicant shall be required to retake a failed step and obtain a passing score within the seven year period.