OAR 847-020-0130: Basic Requirements for Licensure of an International Medical School Graduate

The following requirements must be met in lieu of graduation from an approved school of medicine in order to qualify under ORS 677.100: (1) Must have graduated from an international school of medicine: (a) The medical school must be chartered in the country in which it is located and must provide a resident course of professional instruction, be accredited by an accrediting organization acceptable to the Board, or be recognized by the appropriate civil authorities of the country in which the school is located as an acceptable education program. The Board may determine that the accreditation of an international medical school is not acceptable if the Board receives documentation that the medical school has had its authorization, accreditation, certification or approval denied or removed by any state, country or territorial jurisdiction or that its graduates were refused a license by any state, country or territorial jurisdiction on the grounds that the school failed or fails to meet reasonable standards for medical education facilities. (b) The graduate must have attended at least four full terms of instruction of eight months each, with all courses having been completed by physical on-site attendance in the country in which the school is chartered. The requirement for four full terms of instruction of eight months each term may be waived for any applicant for licensure who has graduated from an international school of medicine, has substantially complied with the attendance requirements provided herein, and is certified by a specialty board. (c) Any clinical clerkships obtained in a country other than that in which the school is chartered must be satisfactorily completed. (d) If requested, the applicant must provide the Board with documentation to substantiate that the medical school from which the applicant graduated meets the requirements in subsection (1)(a) of this rule. (2) Must have obtained certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates. This requirement may be waived if: (a) The accredited postgraduate training was completed in Canada; or (b) The accredited postgraduate training was completed prior to the enforcement of the ECFMG certification; or (c) The applicant has been certified by a specialty board; or (d) The applicant has successfully completed a Fifth Pathway training program. (3) Must have satisfactorily completed an approved internship, residency or clinical fellowship in the United States or Canada of at least three years of progressive training in not more than two specialties in training programs accredited for internship, residency or fellowship training by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association, the College of Family Physicians of Canada or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. (a) The following may be used in lieu of the three years of postgraduate training: (A) Current certification by a specialty board; or (B) Successful completion of four years of practice in Oregon under a Limited License, Medical Faculty, in accordance with OAR 847-020-0140(1); or (C) Successful completion of four years of practice in another United States jurisdiction under a license substantially similar to the Limited License, Medical Faculty. (b) If the applicant is unable to satisfy the requirement in section (3) of this rule for postgraduate training, and the applicant has been granted a dispensation by a specialty board whereby the specialty board has granted credit for postgraduate training completed abroad toward fulfillment of the requirements for admission to a future specialty board’s certification examination, the Board may consider the dispensation as fulfilling that same portion of the Board’s requirement for postgraduate training. (4) Must pass a written licensure examination as provided in ORS 677.110 and OAR 847-020-0170.