49 Pa. Code § 17.2 - Licensure without restriction-endorsement
(a)
Other qualifications.
The Board will grant a license without restriction to an applicant who does not
meet the standard license requirements enumerated in §
17.1 (relating to license without
restriction), if the applicant has achieved cumulative qualifications which are
endorsed by the Board as being equivalent to the standard requirements for the
license.
(b)
Graduation
from an unaccredited medical college. A person who has completed the
formal requirements for graduation from an unaccredited medical college, except
an internship or social service requirement, who qualifies for and successfully
completes a fifth pathway program, shall be considered as having achieved the
same status as a graduate of an unaccredited medical college for the purpose of
the Board's evaluation of the applicant's qualifications for a license without
restriction.
(c)
License
examination. In evaluating the qualifications of an applicant who
seeks a license without restriction on the basis of endorsement, the Board will
accept a passing score on a licensing examination acceptable to the Board. If
the examination was not taken in English, but is otherwise acceptable, and a
passing score was secured, the Board will accept the examination result if the
applicant has also secured a passing score on the Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL).
(d)
ECFMG
certification. For purposes of endorsement, a graduate from an
unaccredited medical school who has obtained certification by the ECFMG shall
be deemed to have the equivalent of a passing score on steps 1 and 2 of the
USMLE.
(e) The Board may, in lieu
of the examination requirement provided for in subsection (c), consider whether
the applicant has a significant history in the practice of medicine, has
recognized professional and academic achievement and credentials and has
obtained certification by a Board recognized specialty certification
body.
(f) An applicant for a
license by endorsement shall satisfy the requirements 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).
Notes
The provisions of this § 17.2 amended under sections 8 and 27-29 of the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P.S. §§ 422.8 and 422.27-422.29); and 23 Pa.C.S. § 6383(b)(2).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 17.1 (relating to license without restriction).
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