Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XLV - Medical Professions › Subpart 2 - Licensure and Certification › Chapter 3 - Physicians › Subchapter H - Restricted Licensure, Permits › Section XLV-407 - Permit Pending Examination Results

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
					 The board may issue an institutional temporary permit for the sole purpose of
					 serving in an approved medical residency training program to a graduate of an
					 American or Canadian medical school or college or school of osteopathic
					 medicine who has taken the USMLE or COMLEX-USA examination but whose scores
					 have not yet been reported to the board or who is scheduled to take the USMLE
					 or COMLEX-USA examination at its next administration, to be effective pending
					 the reporting of such scores to the board, provided that the applicant
					 possesses and meets all of the qualifications and requirements for licensure
					 provided by this Chapter save for having successfully passed all steps of the
					 USMLE or all levels of the COMLEX-USA examination (§311. A 5), or completing
					 the postgraduate medical training program required by §311. A 6, and provided
					 further that the applicant has not previously taken and failed to achieve a
					 passing score, as prescribed by
					 §387 of these rules, on the USMLE, FLEX,
					 NBME, COMLEX-USA or NBOME examination, any component thereof, or any written
					 examination administered by the licensing authority of any state.
B. The board may issue a temporary permit to
					 an applicant for licensure by reciprocity (§351 to 353) who is required by
					 §353 to take the SPEX, the COMVEX-USA or
					 a certification or recertification examination, but who has not yet taken SPEX,
					 the COMVEX-USA or a certification or recertification examination or whose
					 scores have not yet been reported to the board or the applicant, provided that
					 the applicant possesses and meets all of the qualifications and requirements
					 for licensure provided by this Chapter save for having successfully passed the
					 SPEX, the COMVEX-USA or a certification or recertification examination (§353),
					 and provided further that the applicant has registered for the next available
					 administration of the SPEX, the COMVEX-USA or a certification or
					 recertification examination and has not previously taken and failed to achieve
					 a passing score on the SPEX, the COMVEX-USA or any portion of a certification
					 or recertification examination more than three times.
C. A permit issued under this Section shall
					 expire, and thereby become null, void, and to no effect on the date that:
1. the board gives written notice to the
					 permit holder that he has failed to achieve a passing score on the USMLE,
					 COMLEX-USA, SPEX or COMVEX-USA examination for which he was
					 registered;
2. the board gives
					 written notice to the permit holder pursuant to §381. B that it has probable
					 cause to believe that he has engaged or attempted to engage in conduct which
					 subverted or undermined the integrity of the examination process;
3. the permit holder is issued a license
					 pursuant to §413. A or another type of permit as provided by
					 §397 of this Chapter; or
4. the holder of a permit issued under §407.
					 B fails to appear for and take the SPEX, the COMVEX-USA or the certification or
					 recertification examination for which he is registered or the earlier of the
					 date on which the board or the permit holder receives notice from the entity or
					 specialty board administering such examination that he has failed to achieve a
					 passing score on any portion of the certification or recertification
					 examination for which he was registered.