Report Title:

Medical Licensure Applicants

Description:

Revises the licensing requirements to practice medicine or surgery by: (1) recognizing 2 additional accrediting bodies of Canadian medical residency programs; and (2) accepting the Canadian licensing examination.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2419

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO MEDICAL LICENSURE APPLICANTS WITH CANADIAN RESIDENCIES OR EXAMINATIONS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 453-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows:

"(b) Before any applicant shall be eligible for licensure, the applicant shall furnish proof satisfactory to the board that:

(1) The applicant is of demonstrated competence and professional knowledge;

(2) (A) The applicant is a graduate of a medical school or college whose program leading to the M.D. degree is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, and has served a residency of at least one year in a program which has been accredited for the training of resident physicians by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or the College of Family Physicians of Canada, or if outside the United States[,] or Canada, in a program which is shown by the applicant to the satisfaction of the board to possess standards substantially the equivalent of those required for accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; or

(B) The applicant is a graduate of a foreign medical school and has had at least two years of residency in a program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or the College of Family Physicians of Canada, and:

(i) Holds the national certificate of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, or its successor; or

(ii) Holds the certificate of the Fifth Pathway Program of the American Medical Association;

provided that for a period of two years after June 26, 1990, the requirements of subsection (b)(2)(B)(i) and (ii) shall not apply to any applicant who has had four years of residency in a program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

(c) Applicants who have passed, with scores deemed satisfactory by the board, the National Board of Medical Examiners examination (NBME), the Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX), [or] the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), or a combination of these examinations as approved by the board [, with scores deemed satisfactory by the board,] ,or the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination (MCCQE) and who meet the requirements of subsection (b) shall be licensed without the necessity of any further examination; provided that with respect to any applicant, the board may require letters of evaluation, professional evaluation forms, and interviews with chiefs of service or attending physicians who have been associated with an applicant, or chief residents on a service who have been associated with an applicant during the applicant's training or practice, to be used by the board in assessing the applicant's qualifications to practice medicine."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST