Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the requirements for
licensure in this state for those individuals who graduate from a school of
medicine which is located outside the United States.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, an individual who has graduated from a school of medicine which is located
outside the United States may be eligible for licensure to practice the healing
arts in this state by reciprocity if he/she has satisfied the requirements of
20 CSR
2150-2.010,
20 CSR
2150-2.030,
20 CSR
2150-2.040, and the following requirements:
(A) An applicant must have completed all of
the prescribed curriculum at his/her school of medicine and the curriculum in
this state and the applicant must be a graduate of a medical school whose
curriculum has been approved by the proper government agency of the country in
which the school is located;
(B) An
applicant must meet the academic and postgraduate training requirements for
licensure to practice medicine in the country in which the applicant's school
of graduation is located; and
(C)
An applicant must be certified by the Educational Commission for Foreign
Medical Graduates (ECFMG) and have completed three (3) years of American
Medical Association (AMA)-approved postgraduate training in one (1) recognized
specialty area of medicine. The board may waive the three (3) years of
postgraduate training if the applicant is American Specialty Board eligible.
1. ECFMG certification may be waived for a
foreign graduate who is currently certified by the American Board of Medical
Specialties.
2. ECFMG certification
may be waived for a foreign medical graduate who holds a current
state/provincial medical license based on a required examination, if that
license was issued prior to January 1, 1959.
(2) As used in this rule, the term fifth
pathway shall mean a candidate for licensure who, on or before December 31,
2009, has successfully completed four (4) years of medical education in Mexico
and then completes a training program in the United States at a medical college
approved and accredited by the AMA or its Liaison Committee on Medical
Education or an osteopathic college approved and accredited by the American
Osteopathic Association (AOA) in lieu of completing a year of internship and
social service work in Mexico.
(A) A fifth
pathway candidate may be eligible for licensure to practice the healing arts in
this state if he/she satisfies the following requirements:
1. An applicant must have completed all of
the prescribed curriculum at his/her school of medicine and the curriculum in
this state and the applicant must have completed training at a medical school
whose curriculum has been approved by the proper Mexican government
agency;
2. An applicant must meet
the academic requirements for licensure in Mexico; and
3. An applicant must have completed three (3)
years of postgraduate training in one (1) recognized specialty area of medicine
in a program which is approved and accredited to teach postgraduate medical
education by the accreditation council on graduate medical education of the AMA
or the education committee of the AOA. The board may waive the three (3) years
of postgraduate training if the applicant is American Specialty Board
eligible.
*Original authority: 334.031, RSMo 1959, amended 1981,
1997; 334.035, RSMo 1987; 334.040, RSMo 1939, amended 1941, 1945, 1951, 1959,
1981, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2011 ; 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993,
1995.
