Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 653 - Medicine Board › Chapter 9 - Permanent and Administrative Medicine Physician Licensure › Rule 653-9.3 - Eligibility for Licensure

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Requirements.
To be eligible for permanent or administrative
			 medicine licensure, an applicant shall meet all of the following requirements:
a. Fulfill the application requirements
			 specified in rule
			 653-9.4
			 (147,148).
b. Hold a medical degree
			 from an educational institution approved by the board at the time the applicant
			 graduated and was awarded the degree.
(1)
			 Educational institutions approved by the board shall be fully accredited by an
			 accrediting agency recognized by the board as schools of instruction in
			 medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery and empowered to grant
			 academic degrees in medicine.
(2)
			 The accrediting bodies currently recognized by the board are:
1. LCME for the educational institutions
			 granting degrees in medicine and surgery; and
2. AOA for educational institutions granting
			 degrees in osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(3) If the applicant holds a medical degree
			 from an educational institution not approved by the board at the time the
			 applicant graduated and was awarded the degree, the applicant shall meet one of
			 the following requirements:
1. Hold a valid
			 certificate issued by ECFMG;
2.
			 Pass the MCCEE;
3. Have
			 successfully completed a fifth pathway program established in accordance with
			 AMA criteria;
4. Have successfully
			 passed either a basic science examination administered by a United States or
			 Canadian medical licensing authority or SPEX; and have successfully completed
			 three years of resident training in a program approved by the board; and have
			 submitted evidence of five years of active practice without restriction as a
			 licensee of any United States or Canadian jurisdiction; or
5. Have successfully passed either a basic
			 science examination administered by a United States or Canadian medical
			 licensing authority or SPEX; and hold board certification by a specialty board
			 approved by ABMS or AOA; and submit evidence of five years of active practice
			 without restriction as a licensee of any United States or Canadian
			 jurisdiction.
c. Have successfully completed one year of
			 resident training in a hospital-affiliated program approved by the board at the
			 time the applicant was enrolled in the program. An applicant who is a graduate
			 of an international medical school shall have successfully completed 24 months
			 of such training.
(1) For those required to
			 have 12 months of training, the program shall have been 12 months of
			 progressive training in not more than two specialties and in not more than two
			 programs approved for resident training by the board. For those required to
			 have 24 months of training, the program shall have been 24 continuous months of
			 progressive training in not more than two specialties and in not more than two
			 programs approved for resident training by the board.
(2) Resident training approved by the board
			 shall be accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the board for the
			 purpose of accrediting resident training programs.
(3) The board approves resident training
			 programs accredited by:
1. ACGME;
2. AOA;
3. RCPSC; and
4. CFPC.
(4) The board may accept resident training
			 that is not accredited as specified in subparagraph
			 9.3(1)
"c"
(3) on a case-by-case basis. In making this
			 determination, the board may consider any relevant factors, including but not
			 limited to the following:
1. The length of
			 time the program has been in existence;
2. The location of the program;
3. The institution or organization that
			 administers the program;
4. The
			 reason that the program is not accredited; and
5. Whether the program is accredited or
			 recognized by any agency other than those listed in subparagraph
			 9.3(1)
"c"
(3).
(5) The board shall accept each 12 months of
			 practice as a special licensee as equivalent to one year of resident training
			 in a hospital-affiliated program approved by the board.
(6) The board may accept a current, active
			 ABMS or AOA board certification obtained through an alternate pathway as
			 equivalent to resident training in a hospital-affiliated program approved by
			 the board. The alternate pathway must be a minimum of 24 months completed at an
			 institution with a program approved by the board as specified in subparagraph
			 9.3(1)
"c"
(3).
d. Pass one of the licensure examinations or
			 combinations as prescribed in rule
			 653-9.7
			 (147,148).