REFERENCE TITLE: international medical graduates; requirements

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

 

 

 

SB 1395

 

Introduced by

Senator Shope

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending section 32-1423, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona medical board.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 32-1423, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE32-1423. Additional requirements for students graduating from an unapproved allopathic school of medicine

In addition to the basic requirements for licensure prescribed in section 32-1422, any applicant who has graduated from an unapproved school of medicine shall meet each both of the following requirements:

1. Be able to read, write, speak, understand and be understood in the English language.

2. Hold a standard certificate issued by the educational council commission for foreign medical graduates, complete a fifth pathway program as provided in section 32-1424, subsection A, or complete thirty-six months as a full-time assistant professor or in a higher position in an approved school of medicine.

3. Successfully complete an approved twenty-four month hospital internship, residency or clinical fellowship program, in addition to the twelve months required in section 32-1422, subsection A, paragraph 2, for a total of thirty-six months of training unless the applicant successfully completed a fifth pathway program as provided by section 32-1424 or has served as a full-time assistant professor or in a higher position in an approved school of medicine for a total of thirty-six months. END_STATUTE