49 Pa. Code § 17.5 - Graduate license
(a) A
graduate license authorizes the licensee to participate in a year of graduate
medical training within the complex of the hospital to which the licensee is
assigned, and a satellite facility or other training location utilized in the
graduate training program.
(b) To
secure a graduate license, an applicant shall satisfy one of the following:
(1) Have graduated from an accredited medical
college or an unaccredited medical college and received a medical
degree.
(2) Have completed the
formal requirements for graduation from an unaccredited medical college, except
an internship or social service requirement, and have successfully completed a
fifth pathway program and an ECFMG certification examination.
(3) Hold a license to practice medicine
without restriction in this Commonwealth or an equivalent license granted by
another state, territory or possession of the United States, or the Dominion of
Canada.
(c) Additional
requirements for securing a graduate license are that the applicant shall
satisfy the following:
(1) Have been
certified by the ECFMG, if the applicant is a graduate of an unaccredited
medical college.
(2) An applicant
who is a graduate of an unaccredited medical college or who satisfies the
requirements of subsection (b)(2), and files a complete application for a
graduate license shall submit a diploma and transcript verified by a medical
college listed in the International Medical Education Directory and chartered
and recognized by the country in which it is situated for the provision of
medical doctor education. The transcript must identify the successful
completion of the equivalent of 4 academic years of medical education including
2 academic years in the study of the arts and sciences of medicine generally
recognized by the medical education community in the United States and 2
academic years of clinical study of the practice of medicine as generally
recognized by the medical education community in the United States.
(3) 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).
(d) To participate in graduate medical
training at a second-year level under the authority of a graduate license, the
licensee shall first secure a passing score on FLEX I or 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; a passing score on a licensing examination acceptable to the Board
as set forth in §
17.1(a)(1)(iii), (viii) and
(ix) (relating to license without
restriction), or, hold a license to practice medicine without restriction in
this Commonwealth or an equivalent license granted by another state, territory
or possession of the United States or the Dominion of Canada.
(e) To participate in graduate medical
training at a third-year level or higher, the licensee shall secure a passing
score on both FLEX I and FLEX II; 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; 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; or FLEX I plus Step 3 of the USMLE; a passing score on
a licensing examination acceptable to the Board as set forth in §
17.1(a)(1)(iii), (viii) and
(ix); or, hold a license to practice medicine
without restriction in this Commonwealth or an equivalent license granted by
another state, territory or possession of the United States or the Dominion of
Canada.
(f) A graduate of an
unaccredited medical college, who does not possess the qualifications for the
issuance of a graduate license enumerated in subsections (a)-(e), but who
desires to train in a hospital within this Commonwealth in an area of advanced
graduate medical training, may have the unmet qualifications waived by the
Board if the Board determines that the applicant possesses the technical skills
and educational background to participate in the training and that the issuance
of a graduate license to the applicant is beneficial to the health, safety and
welfare of the people of this Commonwealth.
(g) A graduate license is only valid for a
maximum of 12 consecutive months, but may be renewed by the Board to permit
additional training.
(h) For a
graduate license to be renewed, the Board has to receive, prior to the
expiration of the previously issued license, the required renewal fee-see
§
16.13 (relating to licensure,
certification, examination and registration fees)-and a completed renewal form.
Renewal forms are provided to hospitals in this Commonwealth that offer
graduate medical training programs.
Notes
The provisions of this § 17.5 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).
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