SB 1108 Summary

• Allows Arizona Medical Board and Board of Osteopathic Examiners to grant provisional licenses to international medical licensees with job offers in counties with populations under one million persons.

• Applicants must have valid immigration status allowing work as a physician, substantially similar medical training, pass required exams, and maintain 60 months of medical practice experience in the preceding six years in approved countries (Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom, or board-approved countries).

• Provisional licensees must work under supervision of a licensed Arizona physician, comply with continuing education requirements, and submit annual renewal applications; employers must notify the board of employment termination or departure.

• Provisional licenses automatically convert to full licenses after four years of continuous practice in an under-one-million-population county if the licensee has no board discipline and receives written attestation from their supervising physician.

• Board must report to legislature by January 1, 2033 on application approvals/denials, complaints, geographic distribution, and conversion rates; board cannot accept new applications after December 31, 2033.