30 Miss. Code. R. 2605-3.2 - Limited Institutional Licensure

A. Pursuant to Section 73-25-23, Mississippi Code, a limited institutional license is available only to graduates of Board-approved international medical schools who are employed or are being considered for employment to practice medicine in one or more Mississippi state-supported institutions located in the same county.

B. Graduates of international medical schools holding a limited institutional license, and who are employed by and enrolled in an approved ACGME or AOA postgraduate training program in a state-supported institution, shall be authorized to participate only in such approved postgraduate educational program or affiliated training program sites.

C. An application for limited institutional licensure may be accepted by the Board only upon the written request of the state-supported institution which has employed or is considering employing a graduate of an international medical school to practice medicine.

D. A limited institutional license may be issued for a period of one (1) year for practice in a particular institution after a review and favorable recommendations by a majority of the following:

1. President or Secretary, Board of Trustees of Institution

2. Director of Institution

3. President or Secretary, Local Chartered Medical Society in area in which institution is located

4. Member, Board of Trustees, Mississippi State Medical Association in area in which institution is located

5. Member, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure from district in which institution is located

6. Executive Officer, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure

E. In addition to the above requirements for a limited institutional license, an applicant shall meet the following requirements:

1. Must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age and of good moral character.

2. Must submit copy of diploma and certification of completion from a medical school listed in the World Director of Medical Schools or its equivalent.

3. Must submit certified copy of valid certificate from the ECFMG or its successor.

4. Must submit an application completed in every detail with recent passport type photograph.

5. Must submit fee prescribed by the Board.

6. Submit fingerprints for state and national criminal background checks.

F. Pursuant to Section 73-25-23, Mississippi Code, a limited institutional license must be renewed annually, after such review as the Board considers necessary. A graduate of an international medical school so licensed may hold such limited institutional license no longer than five (5) years.

G. A limited institutional license shall become void immediately upon termination of employment of the licensee at the institution, or institutions, at which practice is authorized under the license.

H. An annual renewal fee shall be prescribed by the Board.

Notes

30 Miss. Code. R. 2605-3.2

Miss. Code Ann. § 73-43-11 (1972, as amended).

Amended November 19, 1998; amended March 8, 2007; amended May 17, 2007; amended March 20, 2015; and amended March 16, 2017 Amended 4/19/2015 Amended 4/23/2017 Amended 10/2/2023