ND HB1222

Increases postgraduate training requirement for international medical school graduates from three years to thirty months in U.S., possession, territory, or Canadian programs accredited by a national accrediting organization approved by the board.

Allows board discretion to grant licensure eligibility to applicants with only one year of postgraduate training if they have professional experience and training substantially equivalent to the last eighteen months of postgraduate training.

Applicants seeking the one-year exception must be certified by a specialty board recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or have passed the special purpose examination developed by the federation of state medical boards of the United States.

Maintains existing requirements that international medical school graduates present evidence of a doctor of medicine degree or board-approved equivalent, obtain a certificate from the educational council for foreign medical graduates, and demonstrate working English language ability.

Prohibits graduates of osteopathic schools located outside the United States from being eligible for licensure.