§ 6528. Qualification of certain applicants for licensure.
(a)\nNotwithstanding any other provisions of this article or any law to the\ncontrary, an individual who at the time of his enrollment in a medical\nschool outside the United States is a resident of the United States\nshall be eligible for licensure in this state if he has satisfied the\nrequirements of subdivisions one, five, six, seven and eight of section\nsixty-five hundred twenty-four of this chapter and:\n (1) has studied medicine in a medical school located outside the\nUnited States which is recognized by the World Health Organization;\n (2) has completed all of the formal requirements of the foreign\nmedical school except internship and/or social service;\n (3) has attained a score satisfactory to a medical school app
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§ 6528. Qualification of certain applicants for licensure. (a)\nNotwithstanding any other provisions of this article or any law to the\ncontrary, an individual who at the time of his enrollment in a medical\nschool outside the United States is a resident of the United States\nshall be eligible for licensure in this state if he has satisfied the\nrequirements of subdivisions one, five, six, seven and eight of section\nsixty-five hundred twenty-four of this chapter and:\n (1) has studied medicine in a medical school located outside the\nUnited States which is recognized by the World Health Organization;\n (2) has completed all of the formal requirements of the foreign\nmedical school except internship and/or social service;\n (3) has attained a score satisfactory to a medical school approved by\nthe Liaison Committee on Medical Education on a qualifying examination\nacceptable to the state board for medicine, and has satisfactorily\ncompleted one academic year of supervised clinical training under the\ndirection of such medical school;\n (4) has completed the post-graduate hospital training required by the\nBoard of all applicants for licensure; and\n (5) has passed the examination required by the Board of all applicants\nfor licensure.\n (b) Satisfaction of the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)\nof subdivision (a) of this section shall be in lieu of the completion of\nany foreign internship and/or social service requirements, and no such\nrequirements shall be a condition of licensure as a physician in this\nState.\n (c) Satisfaction of the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)\nof subdivision (a) of this section shall be in lieu of certification by\nthe Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates, and such\ncertification shall not be a condition of licensure as a physician in\nthis State for candidates who have completed the requirements of\nsubdivision (a) of this section.\n (d) No hospital licensed by this State, or operated by the State or a\npolitical subdivision thereof, or which receives state financial\nassistance, directly or indirectly, shall require an individual who has\nsatisfied the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of\nsubdivision (a) of this section, and who at the time of his enrollment\nin a medical school outside the United States is a resident of the\nUnited States, to satisfy any further education or examination\nrequirements prior to commencing an internship or residency.\n (e) A document granted by a medical school located outside the United\nStates which is recognized by the World Health Organization issued after\nthe completion of all the formal requirements of such foreign medical\nschool except internship and/or social service shall, upon certification\nby the medical school in which such training was received of\nsatisfactory completion by the person to whom such document was issued\nof the requirements listed in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of this\nsection, be deemed the equivalent of a degree of doctor of medicine for\npurposes of licensure and practice as a physician in this State.\n