Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
The Committee on the Professions shall review and determine
questions of the preprofessional or professional education of applicants for
licensure or other authorizations to practice in accordance with the following
standards.
(a) Preprofessional
education.
(1) The Committee on the
Professions may accept graduation from a professional program which is either
registered by the department or nationally accredited in lieu of a maximum of
six semester hours of preprofessional education.
(2) The Committee on the Professions may
accept postsecondary study satisfactory to the department and performed after
completion of professional study requirements in lieu of a maximum of 30
semester hours of required preprofessional study.
(b) Professional education. As the equivalent
of a professional program registered by the department, the Committee on the
Professions may accept a professional program which is:
(1) offered by an institution accredited by
an accrediting organization acceptable to the department or recognized by
appropriate civil authorities of the country in which the school is located as
an acceptable program of preparation for professional practice;
(2) designed and conducted by the
degree-granting institution to prepare graduates for the professional practice
of the profession in the State or country in which the institution is located;
and
(3) demonstrated to be the
substantial equivalent in scope, content and resources to a program meeting the
requirements established by Part 52 of this Title for the registration of a
professional licensure qualifying program in the State.
(c) Waiver of citizenship requirement for an
alien physician. The Committee on the Professions shall be authorized to grant
a one-time three-year waiver of the citizenship requirement for medical
licensure to an alien physician, provided that such applicant:
(1) applies for medical licensure;
(2) meets all requirements for a medical
license except citizenship;
(3)
agrees to maintain lawful immigration status; and
(4) agrees to practice in an area which has
been designated by the State Education Department as medically
underserved.
