Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XLV - Medical Professions › Subpart 2 - Licensure and Certification › Chapter 3 - Physicians › Subchapter B - Graduates of American and Canadian Medical School and Colleges › Section XLV-311 - Qualifications for License

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. To be
					 eligible for a license, an applicant shall:
1. be at least 21 years of age;
2. be of good moral character as defined by
					 §303 A;
3. be a citizen of the
					 United States or possess valid and current legal authority to reside and work
					 in the United States duly issued by the commissioner of the Immigration and
					 Naturalization Service of the United States under and pursuant to the
					 Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 163) and the commissioner's
					 regulations thereunder (8 CFR);
4.
					 possess:
a. a doctor of medicine or
					 equivalent degree duly issued and conferred by a medical school or college
					 approved by the board; or
b. a
					 doctor of osteopathic medicine or doctor of osteopathy degree issued and
					 conferred on or after June 1, 1971, by a school or college of osteopathic
					 medicine approved by the board;
5. have within the prior 10 years, in
					 conformity with the restrictions and limitations prescribed by
					 §387 of these rules, and subject to the
					 exception provided for certain applicants for licensure by reciprocity provided
					 by §353, taken and passed:
a. all three steps
					 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) of the Federation of
					 State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc. (FSMB); or
b. both components of the Federation
					 Licensing Examination (FLEX) of the FSMB; or
c. all three parts of the examinations of the
					 National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME); or
d. Step 1 of the USMLE or Part I of the NBME,
					 Step 2 of the USMLE or Part II of the NBME, and Step 3 of the USMLE or Part III
					 of the NBME; or
e. Component 1 of
					 the FLEX and Step 3 of the USMLE; or
f. Step 1 of the USMLE or Part I of the NBME
					 and Step 2 of the USMLE or Part II of the NBME and Component 2 of the FLEX;
					 or
g. Levels 1 and 2 of the
					 COMLEX-USA examinations or its predecessor, the NBOME, or any combination
					 thereof developed by the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners
					 (NBOME) and Step 3 of USMLE; or
h.
					 all three levels of the COMLEX-USA examination, or its predecessor, the NBOME,
					 or any combination thereof; and
6. have:
a.
					 with respect to applications for licensure first received by the board before
					 January 1, 2019, completed at least one year of postgraduate clinical training
					 in a medical internship or equivalent program accredited by the American
					 Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) of the American Medical
					 Association, or by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), or by the Royal
					 College of Physicians and Surgeons (RCPS) of Canada, and approved by the board.
					 A combined postgraduate year one training program that is not accredited shall
					 be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section provided each program
					 comprising the combined program is accredited by the ACGME or by the AOA or by
					 the RCPS;
b. with respect to
					 applications for licensure first received by the board on and after January 1,
					 2019, completed at least two years, or alternatively have completed one year
					 and have a current commitment in a form and manner specified by the board for a
					 second year, of postgraduate clinical training in the United States or in
					 Canada in a medical residency or equivalent program accredited by the ACGME,
					 AOA, or by the RCPS and approved by the board. For physicians pursing training
					 in oral and maxillofacial surgery, one year of such training may be in a
					 program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American
					 Dental Association. To be approved by the board such program must be: offered
					 and taken in an institution offering not fewer than one residency or equivalent
					 program accredited by the ACGME, AOA, or the RCPS; the program in which the
					 applicant participates must evidence the applicant's progressive responsibility
					 for patient care; the two years of such a program must be in the same specialty
					 or alternatively, constitute the applicant, upon completion of the two years of
					 such program, as eligible for specialty board certification or for postgraduate
					 year three (PGY-3) training; and applicants are only permitted to engage in
					 extracurricular medical practice outside of the program with the written
					 permission and assurance of the program director that the applicant is in good
					 standing, has good credentials, and is recommend for such extracurricular
					 practice engagement.
7.
					 have been primarily engaged in the practice of medicine, medical education, or
					 postgraduate medical education or training, or any combination of the
					 foregoing, for the four years immediately preceding the date of the submission
					 of an application. An applicant who does not satisfy this requirement, shall
					 demonstrate his or her clinical competency by the successful passage of an
					 assessment examination or such other competency testing or evaluation,
					 monitoring or supervision as may be designated by the board.