Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6E - Commission for Independent Education › Chapter 6E-2 - LICENSING › Section 6E-2.0042 - Medical Clinical Clerkship Programs

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to
				establish criteria for licensure by the Commission of qualified, accredited
				foreign medical schools to provide clinical clerkship training in Florida
				teaching hospitals. Clinical clerkships are a required part of the foreign
				medical school's education programs, which are not wholly located in Florida.
				This rule also establishes criteria for students of foreign medical schools who
				apply for individual approval for an occasional elective clerkship in Florida.
				This rule is intended to protect the health and welfare of citizens of Florida
				by limiting participation in such clinical clerkships to students of qualified,
				accredited foreign medical institutions who demonstrate the capacity to profit
				from such clinical instruction; to benefit the medical students by establishing
				standards which will promote the acquisition of a medical education equivalent
				to a U.S. medical school education; to protect the students from deceptive,
				fraudulent or substandard education; and to protect the integrity of medical
				degrees held by Florida citizens. Terms used in this rule are defined in Rule
				6E-1.003, F.A.C.
(2) An applicant for initial licensure of a
				foreign medical school including its clinical clerkship programs shall submit
				all the forms and documents, accurately, fully and satisfactorily completed as
				required for each step of licensure in accordance with Rule
				6E-2.004, F.A.C. Additionally,
				for the applicant foreign medical school to be found qualified for licensure it
				must comply with the following:
(a) Document
				to the Commission that it has been determined by the United States Department
				of Education that the medical accreditation standards used by its chartering
				nation to evaluate and approve the applicant school were comparable to the
				standards used to evaluate programs leading to the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or
				Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) degree in the United States.
(b) Document that the applicant medical
				school has on staff a board-certified clinical chairperson for each core
				clerkship subject area.
(c)
				Document that the principal academic officer of the clinical clerkship program
				has been designated by the chief academic officer of the parent medical school
				and possesses academic and experiential qualifications appropriate to the
				assignment.
(d) Ensure that the
				application contains sufficiently detailed information showing that the
				educational clinical clerkship program contains faculty planning, teaching,
				budgeting and allocation of other educational resources, faculty appointments
				and student assignments are coordinated and integrated with the overall program
				of the parent medical school.
(e)
				Document that the faculty of the clinical clerkship program and of the parent
				medical school have joint responsibility for developing the curriculum for each
				clerkship. Copies shall be filed with the Commission of officially adopted
				policies of the parent medical school, outlining procedures for such faculty
				involvement and the means of ensuring that such procedures are implemented. The
				parent medical school shall also describe how it will ensure that the
				curriculum developed for each clerkship will actually be adhered to at each
				teaching hospital.
(f) Provide the
				Foreign Medical School parent hospital affiliation agreement that includes the
				following elements:
1. A statement of the
				purposes and objectives of the clerkship program;
2. A statement on the desired outcomes or
				what the foreign medical school expects its students to learn in each
				clerkship. This may be specified in the foreign medical school's manual or
				clerkship course syllabi;
3. The
				clerkships that will be conducted at the teaching hospital and the length of
				each clerkship;
4. The maximum
				number of students who will be engaged in clerkship training per
				year;
5. The titles and academic
				rank of the individuals appointed by the foreign medical school who will be
				responsible for supervising and monitoring the educational program;
6. A statement describing the administration
				and supervision of the clerkship program by the foreign medical
				school;
7. The responsibility of
				the teaching hospital in the administration of the clerkship program;
8. The process by which the students will be
				selected to perform clerkships at the teaching hospital;
9. The support services that will be
				available for students, including housing, health care, guidance, insurance,
				and adequate clinical clerkship library facilities;
10. A statement specifying the responsibility
				for health care, medical insurance and the treatment and follow-up when
				students are exposed to infectious or environmental hazards or other
				occupational injuries;
11. The
				financial arrangement between the foreign medical school and the teaching
				hospital.
(g) The
				application for licensure shall document that all students participating in
				core clerkship programs meet the following standards:
1. Completed at least three (3) years of
				undergraduate education at a college or university.
2. Completed a basic science program totaling
				at least four (4) semesters in length. This program shall include, but is not
				necessarily limited to, rigorous instruction in the major disciplines of the
				biological sciences (i.e., anatomy, biochemistry, pharmacology, physiology,
				pathology, and microbiology), the behavioral sciences, and an introduction to
				clinical diagnosis. Adequate laboratory facilities for this instruction must be
				provided.
3. Obtained a passing
				score on Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination within 12
				weeks of commencing their third year of medical education.
(h) Demonstrate that the hospital provides
				access to adequate clinical clerkship library facilities and resources
				available to the students to support the medical clerkship.
(i) Affirm that the medical school will
				conduct clinical clerkships only in a teaching hospital as defined in this
				rule.
(j) Institutions shall
				document policies addressing student exposure to infectious and environmental
				hazards including: education of the students about methods of prevention; the
				procedures for care and treatment after exposure, including definition of
				financial responsibility; and the effects of infectious and environmental
				disease or disability on student learning activities.