2005-02-24                     House Journal                      Page 0418
HB 102                                                                                            
Representative LeDoux brought up reconsideration of the vote on                                     
HB 102 (page 400).                                                                                  
                                                                                                    
The following was again before the House in third reading:                                          
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE BILL NO. 102                                                                              
    "An Act relating to the licensure of foreign medical graduates; and                             
    providing for an effective date."                                                               
                                                                                                    
Representative LeDoux moved and asked unanimous consent that                                        
HB 102 be returned to second reading for the specific purpose of                                    
considering Amendment No. 1.  There being no objection, it was so                                   
ordered.                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representatives LeDoux, Kerttula,                                    
and Stoltze:                                                                                        
                                                                                                    
Page 1, line 1, following "graduates" (title amendment):                                          
 Insert "and to applications for a license to practice medicine"                                  
                                                                                                    
Page 1, following line 12:                                                                          
 Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                 
"* Sec. 2.  AS 08.64.200(a) is amended to read:                                                   
     (a)  Except for foreign medical graduates as specified in                                      
    AS 08.64.225, each physician applicant shall                                                    
    (1)  submit a certificate of graduation from a legally chartered                                
    medical school accredited by the Association of American                                        
    Medical Colleges and the Council on Medical Education of the                                    
    American Medical Association;                                                                   
      (2)  submit a certificate from a recognized hospital or                                       
    hospitals certifying that the applicant has satisfactorily performed                            
    the duties of resident physician or intern for a period of                                      
               (A)  one year if the applicant graduated from                                        
             medical school before January 1, 1995, as evidenced by a                               
             certificate of completion of the first year of postgraduate                            
             training from the facility where the applicant completed                               
             the first year of internship or residency; and                                        
               (B)  two years if the applicant graduated from                                       
             medical school on or after January 1, 1995, as evidenced