An Act To Make Technical Changes to the Medical Licensure Laws
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0398
Committee Amendment CA_A_H318 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 301, L.D. 398, Bill, 
Act To Make Technical Changes to the Medical Licensure Laws" 
"An 
Amend 
the bill 
in 
section 
by 
striking out 
all 
of 
subsection 2 (page 1, lines 25 to 50 and page 2, lines 1 to 3 in 
L.D.) and inserting in its place the following: 
'2. 
Postgraduate 
training. 
Each 
applicant 
who 
has 
graduated from an accredited medical school on or after January 
1, 
1970 
but before 
July 1, 
2004 
must 
have 
satisfactorily 
completed at least 24 months in a graduate educational program 
accredited 
by 
the Accreditation Council 
on 
Graduate 
Medical 
Education, the Canadian Medical Association or the Royal College 
of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. 
Notwithstanding other 
requirements of postgraduate training, an applicant is eligible 
for licensure when the candidate has satisfactorily graduated 
from a combined postgraduate training program in which each of 
the contributing programs is accredited by the Accreditation 
Council 
on 
Graduate 
Medical 
Education 
and 
the 
applicant is 
eligible for accreditation by 
the 
American Board of Medical 
Special ties 
in 
both 
special ties. 
Each 
applicant 
who 
has 
graduated from an accredited medical school prior to January 1, 
1970 must have satisfactorily completed at least 12 months in a 
graduate educational 
program accredited by 
the Accreditation 
Council 
on 
Graduate 
Medical 
Education, 
the 
Canadian Medical 
Association or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of 
Canada. 
Each applicant who 
has graduated from an accredited 
medical 
school 
on or after July 1, 
2004 or an unaccredited 
medical school must have satisfactorily completed at least 36 
months 
in 
a 
graduate 
educational 
program accredited by 
the 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. A 
.. to H.P. 301, L.D. 398 
Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education, the Canadian 
Medical Association, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons 
of Canada or the Royal Colleges of England, Ireland or Scotland. 
An applicant who has completed 24 months of postgraduate training 
and has received an unrestricted endorsement from the director of 
an 
accredited 
graduate 
education 
program 
in 
the 
State 
is 
considered 
to 
have 
satisfied 
the 
postgraduate 
training 
requirements of this subsection if the applicant continues in 
that program and completes 36 months of postgraduate training. 
Notwithstanding 
this 
subsection, 
an 
applicant 
who 
is 
board 
certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties is deemed 
to 
meet 
the 
postgraduate 
training 
requirements 
of 
this 
subsection. ' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment provides that an applicant who has completed 
months 
of 
postgraduate 
training 
and 
has 
received 
an 
unrestricted endorsement 
from 
the director of 
an 
accredited 
graduate 
education 
program 
in 
Maine 
is 
considered 
to 
have 
satisfied the postgraduate training requirements if the applicant 
continues in that program and completes 36 months of postgraduate 
training. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/05/05 hac::. 
Revenue 
LD398 
LR0652(02) 
An Act To Make Technical Changes to the Medical Licensure Laws 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,A, 
Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2005-06 
2006-07 
Projections 
2007-08 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
$25,000 
$25,000 
$25,000 
'?iscal Detail and Notes 
Projections 
2008-09 
$25,000 
Requiring physicians that are 70 years of age or older who are actively practicing medicine to pay license registration 
fees will increase the amount of dedicated revenue received by the Board of Licensure in Medicine, affiliated with the 
Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, by approximately $25,000 per year beginning in fiscal year 
2005-06. 
Increasing the cap on the licensing fee for a physician to be temporarily licensed as a camp physician from $100 to 
$400 may increase the amount of revenue received by the Board of Licensure in Medicine. The amount can not be 
determined at this time. 
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