HB 2467 Summary

• Grants provisional licenses to international medical graduates with a job offer at an Arizona health care provider who meet standard licensure requirements and have legal immigration status to practice medicine.

• Provisional licenses automatically convert to full licenses after three years unless the licensee is disciplined during that period.

• Board may revoke provisional licenses based on clear and compelling evidence, with appeals available to superior court in Maricopa County within 120 days.

• Grants full licenses to international medical graduates licensed in 10 specified countries (Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, and United Kingdom) without additional training or residency requirements.

• Board may add additional countries to the list and may grant licenses to applicants whose licenses expired or lapsed within the previous five years if they were in good standing when the license lapsed.