30 Miss. Code. R. 2601-7.1 - Military Applicants
A. Pursuant to MS
Code Ann. Section
73-50-1,
the Board of Medical Licensure is authorized to issue an expedited license to a
military-trained applicant to allow the applicant to lawfully practice medicine
in Mississippi. In order to receive the expedited license, the following
requirements must be satisfied:
1. Complete
an application for medical license and submit it to the Board in the manner
prescribed by the Board with a recent passport type photograph.
2. Submit documentation that applicant has
been awarded a military occupational specialty.
3. Submit documentation of completion of a
military program of training.
4.
Submit verification of a completed licensing examination as described in Rule
2.3.
5. Have two references submit
letters regarding applicant's performance in the practice of
medicine.
6. Submit verification
that at least two of the past five years preceding the date of submission of
the application applicant has engaged in the active practice of
medicine.
7. Submit certification
that applicant has not committed any act in any jurisdiction that would have
constituted grounds for refusal, suspension or revocation of a license to
practice medicine in Mississippi at the time the act was committed.
8. Appear for a personal interview in the
office of the Board, successfully pass the Jurisprudence Examination as
administered by the Board, and submit for a criminal background
check.
9. Submit licensure fee
prescribed by the Board.
B. Pursuant to MS Code Ann. Section
73-50-1,
the Board of Medical Licensure is authorized to issue a license to a military
spouse to allow the military spouse to lawfully practice medicine in
Mississippi. In order to receive the expedited license, the following
requirements must be satisfied:
1. Complete
an application for medical license and submit it to the Board in the manner
prescribed by the Board with a recent passport type photograph.
2. Submit certification of a current license
from another jurisdiction, in which that jurisdiction's requirements for
licensure are substantially equivalent to or exceed the requirements for
licensure of the Board.
3. Submit
verification that at least two of the past five years preceding the date of
submission of the application applicant has engaged in the active practice of
medicine.
4. Submit certification
that applicant has not committed any act in any jurisdiction that would have
constituted grounds for refusal, suspension or revocation of a license to
practice medicine in Mississippi at the time the act was committed.
5. Submit verification that applicant is in
good standing and has not been disciplined by the agency that had jurisdiction
to issue the license.
6. Submit
licensure fee prescribed by the Board.
7. Appear for a personal interview in the
office of the Board, successfully pass the Jurisprudence Examination as
administered by the Board, and submit for a criminal background
check.
C. All relevant
experience of a military service member in the discharge of official duties or,
for a military spouse, all relevant experience, including full-time and
part-time experience, regardless of whether in a paid or volunteer capacity,
shall be credited in the calculation of years of practice in the practice of
medicine as required under subsection A orB of this section.
D. A nonresident licensed under this section
shall be entitled to the same rights and subject to the same obligations as
required of a resident licensed by the Board.
E. The Board may issue a temporary practice
permit to a military-trained applicant or military spouse licensed in another
jurisdiction while the military-trained applicant or military spouse is
satisfying the requirements for licensure under subsection A or B of this
section if that jurisdiction has licensure standards substantially equivalent
to the standards for licensure of the Board. The military-trained applicant or
military spouse may practice under the temporary permit until a license is
granted or until a notice to deny a license is issued in accordance with rules
adopted by the Board.
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