1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health occupations; modifying Board of Medical Practice examination 
1.3 	provision;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 147.02, by adding a 
1.4 	subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 147.02, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 1a. Examination extension; active military service. Notwithstanding 
1.9 	subdivision 1, paragraph (c), clause (2), an applicant who is mobilized into active military 
1.10 	service, as defined in section 197.447, during the process of taking the United States 
1.11 	Medical Licensing Examination, but before passage of all steps, must have passed steps 
1.12 	one, two, and three within a ten-year period.  This ten-year period begins when the 
1.13 	applicant first passes either step one or two, as applicable.  Proof of active military service 
1.14 	must be submitted to the board on the forms and according to the timelines of the board.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from December 1, 2005.