Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2150 - State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts › Chapter 2 - Licensing of Physicians and Surgeons › Section 20 CSR 2150-2.030 - Licensing by Reciprocity

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule provides information to those
				  applicants desiring licensure by reciprocity.
(1) The applicant shall furnish a
				postgraduate reference letter to the board from each institution where they are
				a house officer, meaning either intern or resident.
(2) The applicant shall furnish proof of
				graduation to the board from an accredited high school and satisfactory
				evidence of completion of pre-professional education consisting of a minimum of
				sixty (60) semester hours of college credit in acceptable subjects from a
				reputable college or university approved by the board.
(3) The applicant shall furnish satisfactory
				evidence to the board of having attended throughout at least four (4) terms of
				thirty-two (32) weeks of actual instructions in each term of a professional
				college recognized as reputable by the board and of having received a diploma
				from a professional college recognized as reputable by the board.
(4) Applicants for licensing by reciprocity
				who have been examined successfully by any professional board considered
				competent by the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, and having
				received grades not less than those required by the board, and holding
				certificates as physicians and surgeons in any state or territory of the United
				States or the District of Columbia and, in addition, presenting to the board
				satisfactory certificates that they in every way fulfilled all the scholastic
				and other requirements of the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts,
				at the discretion of the board, and upon showing to the State Board of
				Registration for the Healing Arts may receive from the board a license to
				practice as a physician and surgeon in Missouri without further examination.
				Applicants may be required to appear before the board in person.
(5) The applicant is required to make
				application (see
				20 CSR
				2150-2.040 ) upon a form prepared by the
				board.
(6) No application will be
				considered unless fully and completely made out on the specified form properly
				attested.
(7) An applicant for
				reciprocity shall present, attached to the application, a recent photograph,
				not larger than three and one-half inches by five inches (3 1/2" x
				5").
(8) Applications shall be sent
				to the executive director of the State Board of Registration for the Healing
				Arts, PO Box 4, Jefferson City, MO 65102.
(9) The fee for reciprocity shall be the
				appropriate fee as established in
				20 CSR
				2150-2.080. The fee shall be sent in the form of a
				bank draft or post office money order or express money order.
(10) The applicant shall furnish, on a form
				prescribed by the board, verification of licensure from every state, territory,
				or international country in which the applicant has ever been licensed to
				practice the healing arts.
(11) The
				professional diploma and verification of licensure shall be sent to the
				executive director of the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts for
				verification. Photocopies of the documents may be accepted at the discretion of
				the board.
(12) When an applicant
				has filed their application and the appropriate fee as established in
				20 CSR
				2150-2.080 for licensure by reciprocity and the
				application is denied by the board or subsequently withdrawn by the applicant,
				the appropriate fee established by the board will be retained by the State
				Board of Registration for the Healing Arts as a service charge.
(13) An applicant who cumulatively three (3)
				times or more has failed a licensing examination administered in one (1) or
				more states or territories of the United States or the District of Columbia
				will not be licensed by reciprocity in this state by the board unless they meet
				the waiver criteria in section
				334.040,
				RSMo.
(14) At the discretion of the
				board, applicants may be exempt from sections (1) and (2) of this rule and from
				providing a copy of their professional diploma if they provide proof of the
				following:
(A) Current licensure in any state
				or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia;
(B) Having actively engaged in the practice
				of clinical medicine or held a teaching or faculty position in a medical school
				approved by the American Medical Association (AMA), Liaison Committee on
				Medical Education (LCME), or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) for the
				five- (5-) year period immediately preceding the application for
				licensure;
(C) Holding current
				certification in their area of specialty by the American Board of Medical
				Specialties (ABMS) or AOA; and
(D)
				No license issued to the applicant in any state or territory of the United
				States or the District of Columbia has been disciplined or has a pending
				complaint.