WHEREAS the Medical Practices Act; more specifically Arkansas
Code Annotated Sec.
17-93-403(a)(2)
and Arkansas Code Annotated Sec.
17-93-404,
sets forth that anyone desiring a license to practice medicine in the State of
Arkansas must successfully pass an examination as approved by the Board.
WHEREAS the Arkansas State Medical Board is charged with
selecting said examinations. WHEREFORE the Arkansas State Medical Board
designates the following examinations as appropriate examinations for
licensure:
1. Those individuals
desiring a license to practice medicine and having graduated from an American
or Canadian medical school must show proof of satisfactory completion of one of
the following exams:
(a) Federation Licensing
Exam Examination
(b) The National Board of Medical
Exam
(c) The United States Medical
Licensing Exam
(d) Le Medical
Counsel of Canada Exam
(e)
Examinations developed by the National Board of Osteopathic Medical
Examiners
2.
Those individuals desiring a license who have graduated from a foreign
country's medical school in addition to the other requirements will show proof
of successful completion of die ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign
Medical Graduates Exam) and one of the following exams:
(a)
Federation Licensing
Examination
(b) The
National Board of Medical Exam
(c)
The United States Medical Licensing Exam
(d) Le Medical Counsel of Canada
Exam
3. Those
individuals desiring a license to practice medicine as an
Osteopathic
Physician in die State of Arkansas, in addition to the other
requirements, will show proof of successful completion of one of the following
exams:
(a)
Federation Licensing
Examination
(b)
Examinations developed by the National Board of Osteopathic Medical
Examiners
(c) The United
States Medical Licensing Exam
(d)
The National Board of Medical Exam
(e) Le Medical Counsel of Canada
Exam
4. Those
individuals desiring a license by credential must show proof of successful
completion of an examination accepted and stated above of one of the following:
(a) All of those listed under die first
category
(b) Any State exam if it
was taken prior to 1975
5.I t is recognized by the Arkansas
State Medical Board mat the
Federation Licensing Examination
(FLEX) and die National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) are being phased out
as an accepted examination for licensure. It is also recognized by the Arkansas
State Medical Board that the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) is
being phased in as the primary form of examination for state licensure.
During this period of transition, the following will be accepted
by the Arkansas State Medical Board as completion of an approved examination
until year 2000.
NBME Part I or USMLE Step 1
plus
NBME Part
II or USMLE Step 2
plus
NBME Part
II or USMLE Step 3
FLEX Component 1
plus
USMLE Step 3
Or,
NBME Part
I or USMLE Step 1
Plus
NBME Part
II or USMLE Step 2
Plus
FLEX Component 2
The above combinations of examinations in no way is to imply that
one cannot take the entire examination, that being those exams listed in
Regulation 14-1, and passing the same.
History: Adopted March 12, 1992; Amended May 7,
1993
