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)
REFERENCE TITLE: international medical graduates; requirements
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
SB 1395
Introduced by Senator Shope
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
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