Minnesota Session Laws - 1994, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 433-S.F.No. 2345 
                  An act relating to health; modifying provisions 
                  relating to foreign medical school graduates; amending 
                  Minnesota Statutes 1993 Supplement, section 147.037, 
                  subdivision 1. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1993 Supplement, section 
        147.037, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
           Subdivision 1.  [REQUIREMENTS.] The board shall issue a 
        license to practice medicine to any person who satisfies the 
        requirements in paragraphs (a) to (g). 
           (a) The applicant shall satisfy all the requirements 
        established in section 147.02, subdivision 1, paragraphs (a), 
        (e), (f), (g), and (h).  
           (b) The applicant shall present evidence satisfactory to 
        the board that the applicant is a graduate of a medical or 
        osteopathic school approved by the board as equivalent to 
        accredited United States or Canadian schools based upon its 
        faculty, curriculum, facilities, accreditation, or other 
        relevant data.  
           (c) The applicant shall present evidence satisfactory to 
        the board that the applicant has been awarded a certificate by 
        the educational council for foreign medical graduates, and the 
        applicant has a working ability in the English language 
        sufficient to communicate with patients and physicians and to 
        engage in the practice of medicine.  
           (d) The applicant shall present evidence satisfactory to 
        the board of the completion of two years of graduate, clinical 
        medical training in a program located in the United States, its 
        territories, or Canada and accredited by a national accrediting 
        organization approved by the board or other graduate training 
        approved in advance by the board as meeting standards similar to 
        those of a national accrediting organization.  This requirement 
        does not apply (1) to an applicant who is admitted as a 
        permanent immigrant to the United States as a person of 
        exceptional ability in the sciences or, (2) to an applicant 
        issued a permanent immigrant visa after October 1, 1991, as a 
        person of extraordinary ability or as an outstanding professor 
        or researcher provided that a person under clause (1) or (2) is 
        admitted pursuant to rules of the United States Department of 
        Labor and has completed one year of the graduate, clinical 
        medical training required by this paragraph, or (3) to an 
        applicant who is licensed in another state, has practiced five 
        years without disciplinary action, has completed one year of the 
        graduate, clinical medical training required by this paragraph, 
        and has passed the Special Purpose Examination of the Federation 
        of State Medical Boards within three attempts in the 24 months 
        before licensing. 
           (e) The applicant must:  
           (1) within ten years prior to application have passed an 
        examination prepared and graded by the Federation of State 
        Medical Boards, the United States Medical Licensing Examination 
        program, or the Medical Council of Canada; or 
           (2) have a current license from the equivalent licensing 
        agency in another state or Canada; and 
           (i) pass the Special Purpose Examination of the Federation 
        of State Medical Boards with a score of 75 or better within 
        three attempts; or 
           (ii) have a current certification by a specialty board of 
        the American Board of Medical Specialties, of the American 
        Osteopathic Association Bureau of Professional Education, or of 
        the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. 
           (f) The applicant must not be under license suspension or 
        revocation by the licensing board of the state or jurisdiction 
        in which the conduct that caused the suspension or revocation 
        occurred.  
           (g) The applicant must not have engaged in conduct 
        warranting disciplinary action against a licensee, or have been 
        subject to disciplinary action other than as specified in 
        paragraph (f).  If an applicant does not satisfy the 
        requirements stated in this paragraph, the board may issue a 
        license only on the applicant's showing that the public will be 
        protected through issuance of a license with conditions or 
        limitations the board considers appropriate. 
           Presented to the governor April 11, 1994 
           Signed by the governor April 13, 1994, 1:02 p.m.