LICENSURE OF PHYSICIANSAPPLICATION FOR EXAMINATIONEach person who desires to practice medicine or surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery shall file with the secretary of the State Medical Board a written application, under oath, on a form prescribed by the Board, and furnish satisfactory proof that he is more than eighteen years of age and of good moral character. ORC § 4731.08 REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO EXAMINATIONThe State Medical Board appoints an entrance examiner who determines the sufficiency of an applicant's preliminary education. The minimum requirement is two years of collegiate work in an approved college of arts and sciences in addition to high school graduation. When the entrance examiner finds the preliminary education of the applicant sufficient, he issues a certificate of preliminary examination upon the payment to the treasurer of the Board of a fee of $10. The applicant must also produce a diploma from a medical institution or college of osteopathy in the United States in good standing at the time the diploma was issued or a school or a diploma or license approved by the Board which conferred the full right to practice all branches of medicine or surgery in a foreign country. In addition, the applicant must produce satisfactory evidence to the Board verifying the successful completion of not less than twelve months of postdoctoral training in an approved hospital in the United States. ORC § 4731.09 (A) EXAMINATION"The examinations of applicants for certificates to practice medicine or surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery shall be conducted under rules prescribed by the State Medical Board. Each applicant shall be examined in such subjects as the Board requires. The Board shall examine in subjects pertinent to current medical educational standards." ORC § 4731.13 "The examination given in Ohio to applicants for certificates to practice medicine or surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery shall be the FLEX. This examination is given in English only. Each applicant shall be required to take both component 1 and component 2 of the FLEX at the first sitting in Ohio." OAC § 4731-6-08 An applicant must attain a score of seventy-five or above in one sitting on both component 1 and component 2 to pass. If an applicant achieves a passing score on only one component, he must retake only the failed component until he achieves a passing score. However, the initially failed component must be passed within seven years or the applicant shall be required to retake both component 1 and component 2 of the FLEX in one sitting. OAC § 4731-6-09 "If the applicant passes the examination, and has paid the required fee, the State Medical Board shall issue its certificate...Such certificate shall be prominently displayed in the physician's office or place where a major portion of such physician's practice is conducted and shall entitle the holder to practice either medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery provided such physician maintains current registration..."
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§ 4731.14
FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATESApplicants who are graduates of foreign medical schools and who have met the preliminary educational requirements may be eligible for admission to the examination in the following instances:
Criteria for evaluation of foreign medical schools are found in OAC § 4731-6-06, 4731-6-07, and 4731-6-27. All applicants for licensure under this section who do not hold a diploma from a medical school located in the United States or Canada and accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) must produce satisfactory evidence of achieving a score of at least two hundred thirty (230) on the Test of Spoken English of the Educational Testing Service. ORC § 4731.09 (G) "No applicant is eligible for licensure in Ohio if the applicant graduated after January 1, 1991, from a medical school not located in the United States or Canada and not accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association if less than fifty percent
BIENNIAL LICENSURE REGISTRATIONLICENSURE BY RECIPROCITY"When a physician or surgeon licensed by the licensing department of another state, a territory, or the District of Columbia, a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners or the National Board of Examiners for osteopathic physicians and surgeons, or a licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada wishes to remove to this state to practice his profession, the State Medical Board may...issue to him a certificate to practice medicine or surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery without requiring the applicant to submit to examination." ORC § 4731.29 (A) "A fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) shall be submitted with each application for certification." ORC § 4731.29 (D) Endorsement of a license may be denied if the applicant, within the preceding two years, has not been engaged in the active practice of medicine or surgery, the taking of post-graduate training accredited by the ACGME or AOA, or been enrolled as a student at a medical or osteopathic school in good standing. OAC § 4731-6-16 (See also: CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION; and under State Medical Board Policy Positions: FLEX EXAMINATION - INTERPRETATION OF EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS)LICENSURE OF PHYSICIANS |
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