Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XLV - Medical Professions
Subpart 2 - Licensure and Certification
Chapter 3 - Physicians
Subchapter B - Graduates of American and Canadian Medical School and Colleges
Section XLV-311 - Qualifications for License
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XLV-311
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. To be eligible for a license, an applicant shall:
1. be at least 21 years of age;
2. be of good moral character as defined by
§303 A;
3. be a citizen of the United States or
possess valid and current legal authority to reside and work in the United
States duly issued by the commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service of the United States under and pursuant to the Immigration and
Nationality Act (66 Stat. 163) and the commissioner's regulations thereunder (8
CFR);
4. possess:
a. a doctor of medicine or equivalent degree
duly issued and conferred by a medical school or college approved by the board;
or
b. a doctor of osteopathic
medicine or doctor of osteopathy degree issued and conferred on or after June
1, 1971, by a school or college of osteopathic medicine approved by the
board;
5. have within
the prior 10 years, in conformity with the restrictions and limitations
prescribed by
§387 of these rules, and subject to the
exception provided for certain applicants for licensure by reciprocity provided
by §353, taken and passed:
a. all three steps
of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) of the Federation of
State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc. (FSMB); or
b. both components of the Federation
Licensing Examination (FLEX) of the FSMB; or
c. all three parts of the examinations of the
National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME); or
d. Step 1 of the USMLE or Part I of the NBME,
Step 2 of the USMLE or Part II of the NBME, and Step 3 of the USMLE or Part III
of the NBME; or
e. Component 1 of
the FLEX and Step 3 of the USMLE; or
f. Step 1 of the USMLE or Part I of the NBME
and Step 2 of the USMLE or Part II of the NBME and Component 2 of the FLEX;
or
g. Levels 1 and 2 of the
COMLEX-USA examinations or its predecessor, the NBOME, or any combination
thereof developed by the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners
(NBOME) and Step 3 of USMLE; or
h.
all three levels of the COMLEX-USA examination, or its predecessor, the NBOME,
or any combination thereof; and
6. have:
a.
with respect to applications for licensure first received by the board before
January 1, 2019, completed at least one year of postgraduate clinical training
in a medical internship or equivalent program accredited by the American
Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) of the American Medical
Association, or by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), or by the Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons (RCPS) of Canada, and approved by the board.
A combined postgraduate year one training program that is not accredited shall
be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section provided each program
comprising the combined program is accredited by the ACGME or by the AOA or by
the RCPS;
b. with respect to
applications for licensure first received by the board on and after January 1,
2019, completed at least two years, or alternatively have completed one year
and have a current commitment in a form and manner specified by the board for a
second year, of postgraduate clinical training in the United States or in
Canada in a medical residency or equivalent program accredited by the ACGME,
AOA, or by the RCPS and approved by the board. For physicians pursing training
in oral and maxillofacial surgery, one year of such training may be in a
program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American
Dental Association. To be approved by the board such program must be: offered
and taken in an institution offering not fewer than one residency or equivalent
program accredited by the ACGME, AOA, or the RCPS; the program in which the
applicant participates must evidence the applicant's progressive responsibility
for patient care; the two years of such a program must be in the same specialty
or alternatively, constitute the applicant, upon completion of the two years of
such program, as eligible for specialty board certification or for postgraduate
year three (PGY-3) training; and applicants are only permitted to engage in
extracurricular medical practice outside of the program with the written
permission and assurance of the program director that the applicant is in good
standing, has good credentials, and is recommend for such extracurricular
practice engagement.
7.
have been primarily engaged in the practice of medicine, medical education, or
postgraduate medical education or training, or any combination of the
foregoing, for the four years immediately preceding the date of the submission
of an application. An applicant who does not satisfy this requirement, shall
demonstrate his or her clinical competency by the successful passage of an
assessment examination or such other competency testing or evaluation,
monitoring or supervision as may be designated by the board.
B. Pursuant to Paragraph A.5 of this Section applicants are required to have successfully completed all steps, components, parts, or levels of an approved examination within the prior 10 years and within a span of not more than 10 years. An applicant who is otherwise fully qualified for licensure, but whose successful completion of all steps, components, parts, or levels of an approved examination spanned a period of more than 10 years, shall nonetheless be eligible for licensing provided that such applicant:
1. has within the past
three years, completed a medical residency training program accredited by the
ACGME, AOA, or RCPS; and
2. is
continuing training in a postgraduate year four or fellowship program in the
same specialty or subspecialty; or
3. has been practicing or is commencing
practice in the same specialty or subspecialty in which the physician completed
residency or fellowship training.
C. The burden of satisfying the board as to the qualifications and eligibility of the applicant for licensure shall be upon the applicant. An applicant shall not be deemed to possess such qualifications unless the applicant demonstrates and evidences such qualifications in the manner prescribed by, and to the satisfaction of, the board.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1270, 37:1271, 37:1272, 37:1274 and 37:1275.1.
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