Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 17 - STATE BOARD OF MEDICINE-MEDICAL DOCTORS › Subchapter A - LICENSURE OF MEDICAL DOCTORS › Section 17.2 - Licensure without restriction-endorsement

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Other qualifications.
The Board will grant a license without restriction to an applicant who does not
					 meet the standard license requirements enumerated in §
											17.1 (relating to license without
					 restriction), if the applicant has achieved cumulative qualifications which are
					 endorsed by the Board as being equivalent to the standard requirements for the
					 license.
(b)
Graduation
					 from an unaccredited medical college.
A person who has completed the
					 formal requirements for graduation from an unaccredited medical college, except
					 an internship or social service requirement, who qualifies for and successfully
					 completes a fifth pathway program, shall be considered as having achieved the
					 same status as a graduate of an unaccredited medical college for the purpose of
					 the Board's evaluation of the applicant's qualifications for a license without
					 restriction.
(c)
License
					 examination
. In evaluating the qualifications of an applicant who
					 seeks a license without restriction on the basis of endorsement, the Board will
					 accept a passing score on a licensing examination acceptable to the Board. If
					 the examination was not taken in English, but is otherwise acceptable, and a
					 passing score was secured, the Board will accept the examination result if the
					 applicant has also secured a passing score on the Test of English as a Foreign
					 Language (TOEFL).
(d)
ECFMG
					 certification
. For purposes of endorsement, a graduate from an
					 unaccredited medical school who has obtained certification by the ECFMG shall
					 be deemed to have the equivalent of a passing score on steps 1 and 2 of the
					 USMLE.
(e) The Board may, in lieu
					 of the examination requirement provided for in subsection (c), consider whether
					 the applicant has a significant history in the practice of medicine, has
					 recognized professional and academic achievement and credentials and has
					 obtained certification by a Board recognized specialty certification
					 body.
(f) An applicant for a
					 license by endorsement shall satisfy the requirements in §
											16.12 (relating to general
					 qualifications for licenses and certificates), including having completed at
					 least 3 hours of approved training in child abuse recognition and reporting in
					 accordance with §
											16.108 (relating to child abuse
					 recognition and reporting-mandatory training requirement).
The provisions of this §
													17.2 amended under sections 8 and
						  27-29 of the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P.S. §§
														422.8 and
						  422.27-422.29); and
						  23 Pa.C.S. §
														6383(b)(2).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §
													17.1 (relating to license without
						  restriction).