Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 49, December 6, 2024
Section 11-1A-4 - Additional Licensure Requirements for Graduates of Medical Schools Located Outside of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or Canada4.1. Minimum qualifications for initial licensure as a medical doctor for applicants who have received the degree of doctor of medicine or its equivalent from a school of medicine outside of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or Canada are set forth in West Virginia Code § 30-3-10(c). In addition to the qualifications and application requirements for licensure to practice medicine and surgery which are set forth in section 4, an applicant for licensure who is a graduate of a medical school located outside of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or Canada shall:4.1.a. Provide an acceptable copy of the applicant's valid ECFMG certificate, or submit documentation satisfactory to the Board which demonstrates that: 4.1.a.1. The applicant is currently fully licensed, excluding any temporary, conditional or restricted license or permit, under the laws of another state, the District of Columbia, Canada or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;4.1.a.2. The applicant has been engaged on a full-time professional basis in the practice of medicine within the state or jurisdiction where the applicant is fully licensed for a period of at least five years not to include practice via telemedicine technologies from a location physically outside of the state or jurisdiction of licensure; and4.1.a.3. The applicant provides proof satisfactory to the Board that he or she is not the subject of any pending disciplinary action by a medical licensing board in any jurisdiction;4.1.b. Possess a demonstrable ability to communicate in the English language; and4.1.c. Provide evidence satisfactory to the Board that the applicant: 4.1.c.1. Has successfully completed at least two years of ACGME approved postgraduate clinical training;4.1.c.2. Has successfully completed a graduate medical education residency program outside of the United States and a minimum of two years of fellowship training in the United States in a clinical field related to the applicant's residency training which was completed: 4.1.c.2.a. At an institution that sponsors or operates a residency program in the same clinical field or a related clinical field approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; or4.1.c.2.b. At a time when accreditation was not available for the fellowship's clinical field and the board has determined that the training was similar to accredited training due to objective standards, including, but not limited to, the presence of other accredited programs at the sponsoring institution during the applicant's clinical training at the fellowship location; or4.1.c.3. Holds current certification by a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties and a minimum of one year of graduate clinical training which comports with the accreditation requirements subdivision 4.1.c.1. or 4.1.c.2.