32-1426. Licensure by endorsement
A. An applicant who is licensed in another jurisdiction and who meets the
applicable requirements prescribed in section 32-1422, 32-1423 or 32-1424, has paid the
fees required by this chapter and has filed a completed application found by the board to
be true and correct is eligible to be licensed to engage in the practice of medicine in
this state through endorsement under any one of the following conditions:
1. The applicant is certified by the national board of medical examiners or its
successor entity as having successfully passed all three parts of the United States
medical licensing examination or its successor examination.
2. The applicant has successfully passed a written examination that the board
determines is equivalent to the United States medical licensing examination and that is
administered by any state, territory or district of the United States, a province of
Canada or the medical council of Canada.
3. The applicant successfully completed the three part written federation of state
medical boards licensing examination administered by any jurisdiction before January 1,
1985 and obtained a weighted grade average of at least seventy-five on the complete
examination. Successful completion of the examination shall be achieved in one sitting.
4. The applicant successfully completed the two component federation licensing
examination administered after December 1, 1984 and obtained a scaled score of at least
seventy-five on each component within a five year period.
5. The applicant's score on the United States medical licensing examination was
equal to the score required by this state for licensure pursuant to section 32-1425.
6. The applicant successfully completed one of the following combinations of
examinations:
(a) Parts one and two of the national board of medical examiners examination,
administered either by the national board of medical examiners or the educational
commission for foreign medical graduates, with a successful score determined by the
national board of medical examiners and passed either step three of the United States
medical licensing examination or component two of the federation licensing examination
with a scaled score of at least seventy-five.
(b) The federation licensing examination component one examination and the United
States medical licensing step three examination with scaled scores of at least
seventy-five.
(c) Each of the following:
(i) Part one of the national board of medical examiners licensing examination with
a passing grade as determined by the national board of medical examiners or step one of
the United States medical licensing examination with a scaled score of at least
seventy-five.
(ii) Part two of the national board of medical examiners licensing examination with
a passing grade as determined by the national board of medical examiners or step two of
the United States medical licensing examination with a scaled score of at least
seventy-five.
(iii) Part three of the national board of medical examiners licensing examination
with a passing grade as determined by the national board of medical examiners or step
three of the United States medical licensing examination with a scaled score of at least
seventy-five or component two of the federation licensing examination with a scaled score
of at least seventy-five.
B. The board may require an applicant seeking licensure by endorsement based on
successful passage of a written examination or combination of examinations, the most
recent of which precedes by more than ten years the application for licensure by
endorsement in this state, to take and pass a special purpose licensing examination to
assist the board in determining the applicant's ability to safely engage in the practice
of medicine. The board may also conduct a records review and physical and psychological
assessments, if appropriate, and may review practice history to determine the applicant's
ability to safely engage in the practice of medicine.
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