AR SB274

Amends Arkansas Code § 17-95-403(b)(3)(A)(iii) to allow foreign medical graduates to satisfy licensing requirements through completion of a medical fellowship in addition to internship or residency.

Permits foreign medical graduates who completed three years as an intern or resident outside the United States, passed all steps of the United States Medical Licensing Examination, obtained Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates certification, and completed one or more years of fellowship training accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to obtain licensure.

Alternatively allows foreign graduates to complete one year as an intern or resident in a U.S. accredited postgraduate program and be currently enrolled in an accredited postgraduate medical program in Arkansas.

Declares an emergency effective upon gubernatorial approval, stating that the state has experienced delays in licensing foreign medical graduates with fellowships and faces a physician shortage in certain areas.

Bill was approved March 1, 2019.