SF253 - Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Summary

• Enacts the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact in Minnesota law, creating a streamlined pathway for eligible physicians to obtain licenses in multiple member states without going through each state's standard licensure process.

• Establishes eligibility requirements for expedited licensure, including graduation from accredited medical schools, passing medical licensing exams within three attempts, completed graduate medical education, specialty certification, and a clean disciplinary and criminal record.

• Creates the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission with voting representatives from each member state to oversee administration, establish rules, maintain a physician database, and coordinate disciplinary information among member states.

• Requires applicants to designate a "state of principal license" based on primary residency, location of practice, employer location, or federal tax residency, with the ability to redesignate as circumstances change.

• Takes effect upon adoption by at least six other states, but no earlier than July 1, 2015; specifies that compact rules are exempt from Minnesota's Administrative Procedure Act and that direct disciplinary authority remains with individual state medical boards.