00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 102                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the licensure of foreign medical graduates; and providing for an                                    
02 effective date."                                                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                         
05 to read:                                                                                                                
06       LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.  (a) The legislature finds that foreign                                          
07 medical graduates can be competent and qualified to provide medical care to residents of the                            
08 state; there is a shortage of physicians in the state, and additional discretion to license foreign                     
09 medical graduates is needed.                                                                                            
10       (b)  It is the intent of the legislature to provide additional discretion to the State                            
11 Medical Board to license foreign medical graduates while ensuring that foreign medical                                  
12 graduates possess the necessary training and skill to practice medicine competently.                                    
13    * Sec. 2.  AS 08.64.225 is amended to read:                                                                        
14            Sec. 08.64.225.  Foreign medical graduates.  Applicants who are graduates of                               

01       medical colleges not accredited by the Association of American Medical Colleges and                               
02       the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association shall                                        
03                 (1)  meet the requirements of AS 08.64.200(a)(3) and (4) and                                            
04       08.64.255;                                                                                                        
05                 (2)  have successfully completed                                                                        
06                      (A)  three years of postgraduate training as evidenced by a                                    
07            certificate of completion of the first year of postgraduate training from the                                
08            facility where the applicant completed the first year of internship or residency                             
09            and a certificate of successful completion of two additional years of                                        
10            postgraduate training at a recognized hospital; or                                                       
11                      (B)  other requirements establishing proof of competency                                       
12            adopted at the discretion of the board by regulation; and                                                
13                 (3)  have passed examinations as specified by the board in regulations.                                 
14    * Sec. 3.  AS 08.64.225 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                              
15            (b)  Requirements establishing proof of competency under (a)(2)(B) of this                                   
16       section may include                                                                                               
17                 (1)  current licensure in another state and an active medical practice in                               
18       that state for at least three years; or                                                                           
19                 (2)  current board certification in a practice specialty by the American                                
20       Board of Medical Specialties.                                                                                     
21            (c)  In this section, "recognized hospital" means a hospital that has been                                   
22       approved for internship or residency training by the Accreditation Council for                                    
23       Graduate Medical Education or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of                                     
24       Canada.                                                                                                           
25    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).