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ID S1094

Bill

Status

Passed

3/27/2023

Primary Sponsor

Health and Welfare Committee

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Origin

Senate

2023 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allows the Idaho medical board to provide temporary registration for experienced international medical graduates who are forcibly displaced persons (asylees, humanitarian parolees, or refugees).

  • 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.

  • Requires applicants to pass the occupational English test for medicine and have applied for an accredited medical residency training program in Idaho.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Health and Welfare3/3/2023
Health and Welfare2/14/2023
Judiciary and Rules2/13/2023

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