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ID S1094
Bill
Status
3/27/2023
Primary Sponsor
Health and Welfare Committee
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AI Summary
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Allows the Idaho medical board to provide temporary registration for experienced international medical graduates who are forcibly displaced persons (asylees, humanitarian parolees, or refugees).
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Requires applicants to be graduates of board-recognized medical schools with at least 3 years of practice in their specialty and no gap exceeding 5 years between clinical practice and application.
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Requires applicants to pass the occupational English test for medicine and have applied for an accredited medical residency training program in Idaho.
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Mandates registrants agree to practice in a federally-designated health professional shortage area for at least 3 years following graduation from an accredited Idaho medical residency program.
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Effective date is July 1, 2023, with an emergency clause declared.
Legislative Description
Amends existing law to provide for temporary registration of experienced international medical graduates who are in the United States as asylees, humanitarian parolees, or refugees and to require that registrants agree to practice in a health professional shortage area.
HEALTH
Last Action
Session Law Chapter 155 Effective: 07/01/2023
3/27/2023