Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB1243 Compare Versions

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1		-	THE SENATE S.B. NO. 1243 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 ~~S.D. 1~~ STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
	1	+	THE SENATE S.B. NO. 1243 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to foreign medical graduates. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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13	13		THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
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31	31		A BILL FOR AN ACT
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37	37		relating to foreign medical graduates.
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43	43		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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47		-	SECTION 1. Section 453-4.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows: "§453-4.5 Foreign medical graduates; alternative qualifications. Notwithstanding section 453-4(b)(2)(B), a graduate of a foreign medical school who has [passed]: (1) Passed the Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX) or the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), or a combination of these examinations as approved by the board, with scores deemed satisfactory to the board[, passed]; (2) Passed the qualifying examination of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates prior to 1984[,]; and [has at] (3) At least three years of medical training or experience in a hospital approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association for internship or residency; provided that one of the three years of medical training or experience may be substituted by one year of fellowship training where the parent program or hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; may be licensed by the Hawaii medical board under section 453‑4(c)." SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect ~~on December 31, 2050~~.
	47	+	SECTION 1. Section 453-4.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows: "§453-4.5 Foreign medical graduates; alternative qualifications. Notwithstanding section 453-4(b)(2)(B), a graduate of a foreign medical school who has [passed]: (1) Passed the Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX) or the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), or a combination of these examinations as approved by the board, with scores deemed satisfactory to the board[, passed]; (2) Passed the qualifying examination of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates prior to 1984[,]; and [has at] (3) At least three years of medical training or experience in a hospital approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association for internship or residency; provided that one of the three years of medical training or experience may be substituted by one year of fellowship training where the parent program or hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; may be licensed by the Hawaii medical board under section 453‑4(c)." SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________
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49	49		SECTION 1. Section 453-4.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
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51	51		"§453-4.5 Foreign medical graduates; alternative qualifications. Notwithstanding section 453-4(b)(2)(B), a graduate of a foreign medical school who has [passed]:
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53	53		(1) Passed the Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX) or the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), or a combination of these examinations as approved by the board, with scores deemed satisfactory to the board[, passed];
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55	55		(2) Passed the qualifying examination of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates prior to 1984[,]; and [has at]
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57	57		(3) At least three years of medical training or experience in a hospital approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association for internship or residency; provided that one of the three years of medical training or experience may be substituted by one year of fellowship training where the parent program or hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education;
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59	59		may be licensed by the Hawaii medical board under section 453‑4(c)."
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61	61		SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
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63		-	SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect ~~on December 31, 2050~~.
	63	+	SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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65		-	Report Title: Medical and Surgery; License; Qualifications; Foreign Medical Graduates; Alternative Qualifications; Fellowship Description: Allows foreign medical school graduates applying for a license to practice medicine and surgery to substitute one year of required medical training or experience in a hospital with one year of fellowship training where the parent program or hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1) The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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	77	+	Report Title: Medical and Surgery; License; Qualifications; Foreign Medical Graduates; Alternative Qualifications; Fellowship Description: Allows foreign medical school graduates applying for a license to practice medicine and surgery to substitute one year of required medical training or experience in a hospital with one year of fellowship training where the parent program or hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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79		-	Allows foreign medical school graduates applying for a license to practice medicine and surgery to substitute one year of required medical training or experience in a hospital with one year of fellowship training where the parent program or hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. ~~Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)~~
	93	+	Allows foreign medical school graduates applying for a license to practice medicine and surgery to substitute one year of required medical training or experience in a hospital with one year of fellowship training where the parent program or hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
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87	101		The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.