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H0017........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
Requested by Board of Medicine
MEDICAL LICENSE - Amends existing law to provide that, at the discretion of
the board, a personal interview may be required of an applicant for
licensure before the Board of Medicine.
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H0017|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 17 BY MR. SPEAKER Requested by: Board of Medicine 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO LICENSURE BY THE BOARD OF MEDICINE; AMENDING SECTION 54-1810, 3 IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSONAL INTERVIEW MAY BE REQUIRED AT THE 4 DISCRETION OF THE BOARD; AND AMENDING SECTION 54-1811, IDAHO CODE, TO PRO- 5 VIDE THAT A PERSONAL INTERVIEW MAY BE REQUIRED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE 6 BOARD. 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 8 SECTION 1. That Section 54-1810, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 9 amended to read as follows: 10 54-1810. LICENSURE BY WRITTEN EXAMINATION. (1) Any person seeking to be 11 licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine or 12 osteopathic medicine and surgery in this state must successfully complete the 13 following requirements before a license will be issued: 14 (a) Each applicant must submit a completed written application to the 15 board on forms furnished by the board which shall require proof of gradua- 16 tion from a medical school acceptable to the board and successful comple- 17 tion of a post-graduate training program acceptable to the board. 18 (b) Each applicant must pass an examination conducted by or acceptable to 19 the board which shall thoroughly test the applicant's fitness to practice 20 medicine. If an applicant fails to pass the examination on two (2) sepa- 21 rate occasions, he shall not be eligible to take the examination for at 22 least one (1) year, and before taking the examination again, he must make 23 a showing to the board that he has successfully engaged in a course of 24 study for the purpose of improving his ability to engage in the practice 25 of medicine. Applicants who fail two (2) separate examinations in another 26 state, territory, or district of the United States or Canada, must make 27 the same showing of successful completion of a course of study prior to 28 examination for licensure. 29 (c)EachThe board in its discretion may require an 30 applicantshallto be personally 31 interviewed by the board or a designated committee of the board. The 32 interview shall be conducted to review the applicant's qualifications and 33 professional credentials. 34 SECTION 2. That Section 54-1811, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 35 amended to read as follows: 36 54-1811. LICENSURE BY ENDORSEMENT. Any person seeking to be licensed to 37 practice medicine in this state who is licensed to practice medicine in 38 another state must successfully complete the following requirements before a 39 license to practice medicine will be issued: 40 (1) Each applicant must submit a completed written application to the 41 board on forms furnished by the board which shall require proof of graduation 2 1 from a medical school acceptable to the board and successful completion of a 2 post-graduate training program acceptable to the board and which contains 3 proof that the applicant has any one of the following qualifications: 4 (a) The applicant is a diplomate of the national board of medical examin- 5 ers or the national board of examiners for osteopathic physicians and sur- 6 geons; 7 (b) The applicant holds a valid, unrevoked, unsuspended license to prac- 8 tice medicine and surgery, or osteopathic medicine and surgery in a state, 9 territory or district of the United States or Canada, and the applicant 10 demonstrates that he possesses the requisite qualifications to provide the 11 same standard of health care as provided by licensed physicians in this 12 state. The board may require further examination to establish such quali- 13 fications. 14 (2)EachThe board in its discretion may require an 15 applicantshallto be personally interviewed 16 by the board or a designated committee of the board. The interview shall be 17 conducted to review the applicant's qualifications and professional creden- 18 tials.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS08457
The purpose of this legislation is to change the current statutory
requirement of a personal interview for all applicants for medical
licensure to the requirement that personal interviews will be at
the discretion of the Board.
FISCAL IMPACT
There will be no fiscal impact on licensure fees and the dedicated
fund.
CONTACT
Name: Darleene Thorsted
Agency: Idaho State Board of Medicine
Phone: 334-2822
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