SECTION 435:10-4-5. Additional requirements for foreign applicants

(a)   It is the intent of the Board to provide graduates of foreign medical schools equal opportunity in the licensure process. All foreign applicants shall meet the requirements of 435:10-4-4. Additional requirements set forth in this Section are used solely for the purpose of ensuring the validity of the foreign applicant's fitness to practice and ability to work in the United States.

(b)   Graduates of foreign medical schools whose documents are not printed in the English language shall provide all original documents in the manner of 435:10-4-4. In addition, foreign graduates shall identify a credible translator of applicant's documents. United States Consulates and formal educational foreign language programs from an institution accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools are approved to provide translations to the Board. An applicant may request to use another translator. Such a request shall be made in writing and include the proposed translator's name, address and qualifications to support the approval of the request. Upon approval by the Board of the proposed translator, all documents of the applicant shall be translated into English. Both the applicant and the translator shall attest to the accuracy of the translation.

(c)   Effective January 1, 2004, any applicant that graduated from a foreign medical school after July 1, 2003 and completed clerkships in the United States, those clerkships must have been done in hospitals, schools or facilities that are accredited by the appropriate accrediting body such as the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The Board may direct staff to contact an applicant's medical school to obtain any necessary information related to the school or the applicant. In the event the Board is unable to verify information related to an applicant or the applicant's medical school, the Board may in its discretion reject the applicant's application or require the applicant to score ten (10) percentage points higher on a medical licensure examination than is otherwise required.

(d)   Graduates of foreign medical schools must submit a tape-recorded reading of a written selection created by the Board and evaluated by the Secretary as to the ability of the applicant to communicate in the English language or take an oral examination as determined by the Board.

(e)   An applicant from a foreign medical school shall provide the Board with proof of successful completion of twenty-four (24) months of progressive post-graduate medical training, obtained in the same medical specialty, from a program approved by:

(1)   The American Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME);

(2)   The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada;

(3)   The College of Family Physicians of Canada;

(4)   The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh;

(5)   The Royal College of Surgeons of England;

(6)   The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow; or

(7)   The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

(f)   A foreign applicant shall provide the Board with written proof of the applicant's ability to work in the United States as authorized by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service.

(g)   The Board requires original source verification of Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) Certification. The Board shall waive this requirement for applicants ineligible to obtain ECFMG Certification, such as Fifth Pathway graduates and graduates from Canadian Medical Schools.

[Source: Added at 11 Ok Reg 4535, eff 7-27-94 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 1223, eff 5-11-95; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 2581, eff 6-26-95; Amended at 13 Ok Reg 1569, eff 8-21-95 (emergency); Amended at 13 Ok Reg 1699, eff 5-25-96; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2992, eff 8-19-02 (emergency); Amended at 20 Ok Reg 969, eff 5-21-03; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 946, eff 5-12-05; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 1748, eff 6-25-11]