Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 653 - Medicine Board › Chapter 9 - Permanent and Administrative Medicine Physician Licensure › Rule 653-9.7 - Licensure Examinations

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
USMLE
.
a. The USMLE is a
			 joint program of FSMB and the NBME. The USMLE is a multipart examination
			 consisting of Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3. Steps 1 and 2 are administered by
			 NBME and ECFMG. The board contracts with FSMB for the administration of Step 3.
			 USMLE Steps 1 and 2 were implemented in 1992; Step 3 was implemented in
			 1994.
b. Since 1999, Step 3 is a
			 computerized examination offered at testing centers in the Des Moines area and
			 other locations around Iowa and the United States.
c. Applications are available at Department
			 of Examination Services, FSMB, 400 Fuller Wiser Road, Suite 300, Euless, Texas
			 76039, or www.fsmb.orgu.
d.
			 Candidates who meet the following requirements are eligible to take USMLE Step
			 3:
(1) Submit a completed application form
			 and pay the required examination fee as specified in rule
			 653-8.3
			 (147,148,272C).
(2) Document
			 successful completion of USMLE Steps 1 and 2 in accordance with the
			 requirements of NBME. Graduates of a foreign medical school shall meet the
			 requirements of ECFMG.
(3) Document
			 holding a medical degree from a board-approved educational institution. If a
			 candidate 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 candidate shall meet the requirements specified in subparagraph 9.3(1)
"b"
(3).
(4)
			 Document successful completion of a minimum of seven calendar months of
			 resident training in a program approved by the board at the time of the
			 application for Step 3 or enrollment in a resident training program approved by
			 the board at the time of the application for Step 3.
e. The following conditions shall apply to
			 applicants for licensure in Iowa who utilize USMLE as the licensure
			 examination.
(1) Passing Steps 1,2, and 3 is
			 required within a ten-year period beginning with the date of passing either
			 Step 1 or Step 2, whichever occurred first. If the applicant did not pass Steps
			 1, 2, and 3 within the required time frame, then the requirement will be
			 satisfied by either proof of active board certification by the ABMS or AOA or
			 proof the delay was caused by participation in a joint M.D./Ph.D. or D.O./Ph.D.
			 program.
(2) Step 3 may be taken
			 and passed only after Steps 1 and 2 are passed.
(3) A score of 75 or better on each step
			 shall constitute a passing score on that step.
(4) Each USMLE step must be passed
			 individually, and individual step scores shall not be averaged to compute an
			 overall score.
(5) A failure of any
			 USMLE step, regardless of the jurisdiction for which it was taken, shall be
			 considered a failure of that step for the purposes of Iowa licensure.
(6) Successful completion of a continuous,
			 progressive three-year resident training program is required if the applicant
			 passes the examination after more than six attempts on Step 1 or six attempts
			 on Step 2 CK and Step 2 CS combined or three attempts on Step 3.
f. Any candidate deemed eligible
			 to sit for USMLE Step 3 is required to adhere to the examination procedures and
			 protocol established by FSMB and NBME in the following publications: USMLE Test
			 Administration Standards and Policies and Procedures Regarding Indeterminate
			 Scores and Irregular Behavior, FSMB, 400 Fuller Wiser Road, Suite 300, Euless,
			 Texas 76039.