SB 1249 Summary

• Grants provisional medical licenses to international medical graduates who have employment offers at Arizona health care providers and meet standard licensure requirements under sections 32-1422 and 32-1423.

• Automatically converts provisional licenses to full licenses after three years unless the board disciplines the licensee during that period; disciplinary actions require clear and compelling evidence.

• Establishes a study committee on physician shortages with 17 members from legislative, medical, hospital, university, and community organizations to research and recommend policies addressing physician shortages, particularly in rural areas and primary care.

• Requires the study committee to review and reduce barriers to licensing international medical graduates and foreign-licensed physicians while maintaining public health and safety standards, with findings due December 1, 2024.

• Effective December 31, 2023 for the provisional licensure statute; study committee provisions expire December 31, 2024.