N.J. Admin. Code § 13:35-3.11A

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 16, August 19, 2024

Section 13:35-3.11A - Standards for licensure of physicians graduated from medical schools approved by recognized accrediting agencies

(a) An applicant, who has graduated from a medical school on or after July 1, 1916 and before July 1, 2003 and has received a medical degree from a medical school approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or other recognized national accrediting agency, shall demonstrate to the Board, through submission of documentation, that after receiving a medical degree the applicant has successfully completed at least one year of post-graduate training in a program accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the AOA, or any other equivalent group or agency, which the Board, upon review, has determined has comparable standards.

(b) An applicant, who has graduated from a medical school on or after July 1, 2003, and has received a medical degree from a medical school approved by the LCME or AOA or with respect to medical residents, graduation from a medical school that, during each year of attendance, was either accredited by the LCME, the AOA, or an accrediting body recognized by the WFME having accreditation standards comparable to the LCME or the AOA, or authorized to confer a medical degree in a country that has an accrediting process recognized by the NCFMEA as a reliable authority for the accreditation of medical education leading to an M.D. or D.O. degree and having accreditation standards comparable to the LCME or the AOA shall demonstrate to the Board, through the submission of documentation, that after receiving a medical degree, the applicant has completed and received academic credit for at least two years for post-graduate training in a program accredited by the ACGME, the AOA, or any other equivalent group or agency, that the Board, upon review, has determined has comparable standards, and has a signed contract for a third year of post-graduate training in a program accredited by the ACGME, the AOA, or any other equivalent group or agency that the Board, upon review, has determined has comparable standards. At least two of the three years of post-graduate training shall be:

1. In the same field; or

2. In different fields, if when considered together, the post-graduate training fields would be credited toward the criteria for certification by a single specialty board recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), the AOA or another certification entity which the Board, upon review, has determined has comparable standards.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:35-3.11A

Amended by 52 N.J.R. 1336(a), effective 7/6/2020