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Maryland House Bill HB1199 Compare Versions

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3	3		EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4		[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5		-	Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
6		-	Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
7		-	amendment.
8	5		hb1199
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10	7		HOUSE BILL 1199
11	8		J2 5lr2981
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13		-	By: Delegates Hill, Feldmark, Patterson, Taveras, Wims, and Woorman Woorman,
14		-	Alston, Bagnall, Bhandari, Cullison, Guzzone, S. Johnson, Kaiser, Kerr,
15		-	Martinez, Pena–Melnyk, Rosenberg, Ross, White Holland, and Woods
	10	+	By: Delegates Hill, Feldmark, Patterson, Taveras, Wims, and Woorman
16	11		Introduced and read first time: February 6, 2025
17	12		Assigned to: Health and Government Operations
18		-	Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
19		-	House action: Adopted with floor amendments
20		-	Read second time: March 17, 2025
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22		-	~~CHAPTER ______~~
	14	+	A BILL ENTITLED
23	15
24	16		AN ACT concerning 1
25	17
26	18		Physicians – Licensing – Internationally Trained Physicians 2
27	19
28	20		FOR the purpose of authorizing the State Board of Physicians to issue a certain license to 3
29	21		practice medicine to an internationally trained physician under certain 4
30	22		circumstances; and generally relating to the licensure of internationally trained 5
31	23		physicians. 6
32	24
33	25		BY adding to 7
34	26		Article – Health Occupations 8
35	27		Section 14–321 9
36	28		Annotated Code of Maryland 10
37	29		(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11
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39	31		SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
40	32		That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13
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42	34		Article – Health Occupations 14
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44	36		14–321. 15
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46	38		(A) (1) BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2027, THE BOARD MAY ISSUE A LIC ENSE 16
47		-	TO PRACTICE MEDICINE TO A PHYSICIAN LICEN SED IN A COUNTRY OTH ER THAN THE 17 2 HOUSE BILL 1199
	39	+	TO PRACTICE MEDICINE TO A PHYSICIAN LICEN SED IN A COUNTRY OTHER THAN THE 17
	40	+	UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES OR P OSSESSIONS, PUERTO RICO, OR CANADA 18
	41	+	WHO MEETS THE REQUIR EMENTS OF THIS SECTI ON. 19
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	43	+	(2) THE TERM OF A LICENSE ISSUE D BY THE BOARD UNDER THIS 20
	44	+	SECTION MAY NOT EXCE ED 3 YEARS. 21
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50		-	UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES OR P OSSESSIONS, PUERTO RICO, OR CANADA 1
51		-	WHO MEETS THE REQUIR EMENTS OF THIS SECTI ON. 2
52		-
53		-	(2) THE TERM OF A LICENSE ISSUED BY THE BOARD UNDER THIS 3
54		-	SECTION MAY NOT EXCEE D 3 YEARS. 4
55		-
56		-	(3) A LICENSE ISSUED BY TH E BOARD UNDER THIS SECT ION MAY NOT 5
57		-	BE RENEWED . 6
58		-
59		-	(B) AN APPLICANT SHALL SU BMIT EVIDENCE ACCEPT ABLE TO THE BOARD 7
60		-	THAT THE APPLICANT : 8
61		-
62		-	(1) HAS RECEIVED A DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICIN E OR ITS 9
63		-	EQUIVALENT FROM A LEGALLY CHARTERED MEDICAL SC HOOL OUTSIDE THE 10
64		-	UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES OR P OSSESSIONS, PUERTO RICO, OR CANADA 11
65		-	THAT IS RECOGNIZED B Y THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; 12
66		-
67		-	(2) HAS COMPLETED AT LEAS T 2 YEARS OF POSTGRADUAT E 13
68		-	TRAINING IN THE COUN TRY IN WHICH THE APPLI CANT IS LICENSED THA T IS 14
69		-	EQUIVALENT TO A POST GRADUATE RESIDENCY P ROGRAM ACCREDITED BY THE 15
70		-	ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION; 16
71		-
72		-	(3) HAD NO DISCIPLINE OR COMPETENCY ISSUES RA ISED DURING 17
73		-	THE APPLICANT ’S POSTGRADUATE TRA INING; 18
74		-
75		-	(4) (3) HAS BEEN LICENSED OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED TO 19
76		-	PRACTICE MEDICINE IN A COUNTRY OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES, ITS 20
77		-	TERRITORIES OR POSSE SSIONS, PUERTO RICO, OR CANADA, AND HAS PRACTICED 21
78		-	MEDICINE FOR AT LEAS T 5 OF THE 7 YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE O F 22
79		-	APPLICATION; 23
80		-
81		-	(5) (4) IS IN GOOD STANDING W ITH THE MEDICAL LICE NSING OR 24
82		-	REGULATORY AUTHORITY IN THE COUNTRY OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES, ITS 25
83		-	TERRITORIES OR POSSE SSIONS, PUERTO RICO, OR CANADA WITH WHICH THE 26
84		-	BOARD, THE FEDERATION OF STATE MEDICAL BOARDS, OR ANOTHER NATIONALL Y 27
85		-	RECOGNIZED MEDICAL S TANDARDS OVERSIGHT E NTITY IS ABLE TO VER IFY THE 28
86		-	PHYSICIAN’S DISCIPLINE AND CRI MINAL BACKGROUND HIS TORY; 29
87		-
88		-	(6) (5) HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISCIPLINED AND HAS NO 30
89		-	PENDING DISCIPLINARY MATTERS BEFORE ANY LICENSING OR REGULATORY BODY ; 31
90		-
91		-	(7) (6) HAS A VALID CERTIFICA TE ISSUED BY THE EDUCATIONAL 32
92		-	COMMISSION FOR FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; 33
93		-	HOUSE BILL 1199 3
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96		-	(8) (7) HAS ACHIEVED A PASSIN G SCORE ON STEP 1, STEP 2 1
97		-	(CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE ), AND STEP 3 OF THE UNITED STATES MEDICAL 2
98		-	LICENSING EXAMINATION; 3
99		-
100		-	(9) HAS RESIDED IN THE STATE FOR AT LEAST 1 YEAR; 4
101		-
102		-	(8) IS DOMICILED IN THE STATE; 5
103		-
104		-	(10) (9) DEMONSTRATES ORAL AND WRITTEN COMPETENCY I N THE 6
105		-	ENGLISH LANGUAGE ; 7
106		-
107		-	(11) (10) IS OF GOOD MORAL CHAR ACTER; 8
108		-
109		-	(12) (11) MEETS THE REQUIREMENT S UNDER §§ 14–309 AND 14–313 9
110		-	OF THIS SUBTITLE; AND 10
111		-
112		-	(13) (12) HAS SATISFIED ANY OTH ER CRITERIA ESTABLIS HED BY THE 11
113		-	BOARD FOR ISSUANCE OF A LICENSE UNDER THIS SECTION. 12
114		-
115		-	(C) THE BOARD MAY DETERMINE A N APPLICANT INELIGIB LE FOR 13
116		-	LICENSURE IF THE APP LICANT HAD: 14
117		-
118		-	(1) A PREVIOUS DISCIPLINAR Y ACTION; OR 15
119		-
120		-	(2) DISCIPLINE OR COMPETENCY ISSUES DURING THE APPLICANT ’S 16
121		-	POSTGRADUATE TRAININ G. 17
122		-
123		-	(C) (D) THE BOARD MAY REVOKE A LI CENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS 18
124		-	SECTION IF: 19
125		-
126		-	(1) THE LICENSEE HAS PRAC TICED OUTSIDE THE SC OPE OF THE 20
127		-	LICENSE; 21
128		-
129		-	(2) THE LICENSEE’S EMPLOYMENT IS TERM INATED; 22
130		-
131		-	(3) THE LICENSEE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A DIS CIPLINARY 23
132		-	ACTION; OR 24
133		-
134		-	(4) THE LICENSEE IS NO LO NGER ELIGIBLE FOR THE LICENSE . 25
135		-
136		-	(D) (E) THE BOARD SHALL ADOPT REG ULATIONS: 26
137		-
138		-	(1) TO ESTABLISH MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND A PPLICATION 27
139		-	FEES FOR A LICENSE I SSUED UNDER THIS SEC TION; 28
140		-	4 HOUSE BILL 1199
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142		-
143		-	(2) TO ESTABLISH CONDITIO NS APPLICABLE TO A L ICENSEE; 1
144		-
145		-	(3) TO PROVIDE A PATHWAY TO FULL LICENSURE AFTER THE 2
146		-	LICENSEE SUCCESSFULL Y SATISFIES ANY LICE NSE CONDITIONS ESTAB LISHED BY 3
147		-	THE BOARD UNDER ITEM (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION ; AND 4
148		-
149		-	(4) NECESSARY FOR THE IMP LEMENTATION , ADMINISTRATION , AND 5
150		-	ENFORCEMENT OF THIS SECTION. 6
151		-
152		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 7
153		-	October 1, 2025. 8
	46	+	(3) A LICENSE ISSUED BY TH E BOARD UNDER THIS SECT ION MAY NOT 22
	47	+	BE RENEWED . 23 2 HOUSE BILL 1199
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	51	+	(B) AN APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT EVIDENCE ACCE PTABLE TO THE BOARD 1
	52	+	THAT THE APPLICANT : 2
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158		-	Approved:
159		-	________________________________________________________________________________
160		-	Governor.
161		-	________________________________________________________________________________
162		-	Speaker of the House of Delegates.
163		-	________________________________________________________________________________
164		-	President of the Senate.
	54	+	(1) HAS RECEIVED A DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICIN E OR ITS 3
	55	+	EQUIVALENT FROM A LE GALLY CHARTERED MEDICAL SCHOOL OUTSI DE THE 4
	56	+	UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES OR P OSSESSIONS, PUERTO RICO, OR CANADA 5
	57	+	THAT IS RECOGNIZED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; 6
	58	+
	59	+	(2) HAS COMPLETED AT LEAS T 2 YEARS OF POSTGRADUAT E 7
	60	+	TRAINING IN THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THE APPLICANT IS L ICENSED THAT IS 8
	61	+	EQUIVALENT TO A POSTGRADUATE RESID ENCY PROGRAM ACCREDI TED BY THE 9
	62	+	ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION; 10
	63	+
	64	+	(3) HAD NO DISCIPLINE OR COMPETENCY ISSUES RAISED DURING 11
	65	+	THE APPLICANT’S POSTGRADUATE TRAINING; 12
	66	+
	67	+	(4) HAS BEEN LICENSED OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE 13
	68	+	MEDICINE IN A COUNTR Y OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES OR 14
	69	+	POSSESSIONS, PUERTO RICO, OR CANADA, AND HAS PRACTICED ME DICINE FOR AT 15
	70	+	LEAST 5 YEARS IMMEDIATELY PR ECEDING THE DATE OF APPLICATION ; 16
	71	+
	72	+	(5) IS IN GOOD STANDING W ITH THE MEDICAL LICE NSING OR 17
	73	+	REGULATORY AUTHORITY IN THE COUNTRY OTHER THAN T HE UNITED STATES, ITS 18
	74	+	TERRITORIES OR POSSE SSIONS, PUERTO RICO, OR CANADA WITH WHICH THE 19
	75	+	BOARD, THE FEDERATION OF STATE MEDICAL BOARDS, OR ANOTHER NATI ONALLY 20
	76	+	RECOGNIZED MEDICAL S TANDARDS OVERSIGHT E NTITY IS ABLE TO VERIFY THE 21
	77	+	PHYSICIAN’S DISCIPLINE AND CRI MINAL BACKGROUND HIS TORY; 22
	78	+
	79	+	(6) HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUS LY DISCIPLINED AND H AS NO PENDING 23
	80	+	DISCIPLINARY MATTERS BEFORE ANY LICENSING OR REGULATORY BODY; 24
	81	+
	82	+	(7) HAS A VALID CERTIFICA TE ISSUED BY THE EDUCATIONAL 25
	83	+	COMMISSION FOR FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; 26
	84	+
	85	+	(8) HAS ACHIEVED A PASSIN G SCORE ON STEP 1, STEP 2 (CLINICAL 27
	86	+	KNOWLEDGE ), AND STEP 3 OF THE UNITED STATES MEDICAL LICENSING 28
	87	+	EXAMINATION; 29
	88	+
	89	+	(9) HAS RESIDED IN THE STATE FOR AT LEAST 1 YEAR; 30
	90	+
	91	+	(10) DEMONSTRATES ORAL AND WRITTEN COM PETENCY IN THE 31
	92	+	ENGLISH LANGUAGE; 32 HOUSE BILL 1199 3
	93	+
	94	+
	95	+
	96	+	(11) IS OF GOOD MORAL CHAR ACTER; 1
	97	+
	98	+	(12) MEETS THE REQUIREMENT S UNDER §§ 14–309 AND 14–313 OF 2
	99	+	THIS SUBTITLE; AND 3
	100	+
	101	+	(13) HAS SATISFIED ANY OTH ER CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE 4
	102	+	BOARD FOR ISSUANCE OF A LICENSE UNDER THIS SECTION. 5
	103	+
	104	+	(C) THE BOARD MAY REVOKE A LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS SE CTION IF: 6
	105	+
	106	+	(1) THE LICENSEE HAS PRAC TICED OUTSIDE THE SC OPE OF THE 7
	107	+	LICENSE; 8
	108	+
	109	+	(2) THE LICENSEE’S EMPLOYMENT IS TERM INATED; 9
	110	+
	111	+	(3) THE LICENSEE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A DISCIPLINARY 10
	112	+	ACTION; OR 11
	113	+
	114	+	(4) THE LICENSEE IS NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR THE LICENSE . 12
	115	+
	116	+	(D) THE BOARD SHALL ADOPT REG ULATIONS: 13
	117	+
	118	+	(1) TO ESTABLISH MINIMUM QUA LIFICATIONS AND APPL ICATION 14
	119	+	FEES FOR A LICENSE ISSUED UND ER THIS SECTION; 15
	120	+
	121	+	(2) TO ESTABLISH CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO A LICE NSEE; 16
	122	+
	123	+	(3) TO PROVIDE A PATHWAY TO FULL LICENSURE AFTER THE 17
	124	+	LICENSEE SUCCESSFULL Y SATISFIES ANY LICENSE CONDI TIONS ESTABLISHED BY 18
	125	+	THE BOARD UNDER ITEM (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION ; AND 19
	126	+
	127	+	(4) NECESSARY FOR THE IMP LEMENTATION , ADMINISTRATION , AND 20
	128	+	ENFORCEMENT OF THIS SECTION. 21
	129	+
	130	+	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 22
	131	+	October 1, 2025. 23