(a)
Except as provided in §
17.2 (relating to license without
restriction-endorsement), to secure a license without restriction an applicant
shall:
(1) Have passed a licensing
examination acceptable to the Board by having achieved one of the following:
(i) A passing score on Step 1, Step 2 and
Step 3 of the USMLE as determined by USMLE completed within a 7-year
period.
(ii) A score of 75 on FLEX
I and a score of 75 on FLEX II, as determined by the Federation.
(iii) A score of 75, obtained in an
individual attempt, on the licensing examination provided by the Federation
from June 1968 to December 1984.
(iv) A passing score as determined by the
NBME on the National Boards.
(v) A
passing score on Part I of the National Boards or Step 1 of the USMLE plus Part
II of the National Boards or Step 2 of the USMLE plus Part III of the National
Boards or Step 3 of the USMLE completed within a 7-year period.
(vi) A score of 75 on FLEX I and Step 3 of
the USMLE completed within a 7-year period.
(vii) A passing score on Part I of the
National Boards or Step 1 of the USMLE plus Part II of the National Boards or
Step 2 of the USMLE plus FLEX II completed within a 7-year period.
(viii) A passing score, as determined by the
Medical Council of Canada, on the examination of the Medical Council of Canada
taken in or after May 1970, if the examination was taken in English.
(ix) A passing score, as determined by the
licensing authority of another state, territory or possession of the United
States, on a state board examination taken prior to December 1973, if the
examination was taken in English.
(2) Have graduated from an accredited medical
college or from an unaccredited medical college.
(3) Have been certified by the ECFMG if the
applicant is a graduate of an unaccredited medical college.
(4) Have successfully completed the following
graduate medical training requirement:
(i) A
year of graduate medical training at a first or second-year level if the
applicant is a graduate of an accredited or unaccredited medical college and
participated in a graduate medical training program prior to June 30,
1987.
(ii) Two years of graduate
medical training at a first and second-year level if the applicant is a
graduate of an accredited medical college and did not participate in a graduate
medical training program prior to June 30, 1987.
(iii) Three years of graduate medical
training at a first, second and third-year level if the applicant is a graduate
of an unaccredited medical college and did not participate in a graduate
medical training program prior to June 30, 1987.
(5) Satisfy the general qualifications for a
license specified 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).