Senate
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SENATE
FILE
477
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
439)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
15,
2023
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
licensure
of
internationally
trained
1
physicians
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
148I.1
Definitions.
1
For
the
purposes
of
this
chapter:
2
1.
“Board”
means
the
board
of
medicine
established
pursuant
3
to
chapter
147.
4
2.
“Health
care
facility”
means
all
of
the
following:
5
a.
A
facility
as
defined
in
section
514J.102.
6
b.
A
facility
licensed
pursuant
to
chapter
135B.
7
c.
A
facility
licensed
pursuant
to
chapter
135C.
8
3.
“International
medical
graduate”
means
an
individual
who
9
meets
all
of
the
following
requirements:
10
a.
Has
a
medical
doctorate
or
substantially
similar
degree
11
issued
by
an
international
medical
program
in
good
standing.
12
b.
Is
in
good
standing
with
the
medical
licensing
or
13
regulatory
institution
of
the
individual’s
resident
country.
14
c.
Has
completed
a
residency
or
substantially
similar
15
post-graduate
medical
training
in
the
individual’s
resident
16
country
or
has
practiced
as
a
medical
professional
performing
17
medicine
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery
for
18
at
least
two
years.
19
d.
Possesses
basic
fluency
in
the
English
language.
20
4.
“International
medical
program”
means
a
medical
school,
21
residency
program,
medical
internship
program,
or
entity
that
22
provides
physicians
with
a
medical
education
or
training
23
outside
of
the
United
States
that
is
substantially
similar
to
24
the
practice
of
medicine
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
25
and
surgery
in
Iowa.
26
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
148I.2
Licensure
of
international
27
medical
graduates.
28
1.
The
board
shall
a
grant
a
license
to
practice
medicine
29
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery
in
this
state
30
to
an
international
medical
graduate
who
is
a
resident
of
and
31
licensed
to
practice
in
any
of
the
following
countries:
32
a.
Australia.
33
b.
Canada.
34
c.
Hong
Kong.
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India.
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d.
Ireland.
2
e.
Israel.
3
f.
New
Zealand.
4
g.
Singapore.
5
h.
South
Africa.
6
i.
Switzerland.
7
j.
The
United
Kingdom.
8
k.
Additional
countries
as
determined
by
the
board
by
rule.
9
2.
An
international
medical
graduate
holding
a
valid
10
standard
certificate
pursuant
to
section
148.3,
subsection
1,
11
shall
be
granted
a
license
to
practice
medicine
and
surgery
or
12
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery
in
this
state
without
meeting
13
additional
training
or
residency
requirements.
14
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
148I.3
International
medical
graduates
15
——
provisional
licenses.
16
1.
a.
The
board
shall
grant
a
provisional
license
to
17
practice
medicine
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
18
surgery
in
this
state
to
an
international
medical
graduate
19
with
an
offer
for
employment
as
a
physician
at
a
health
care
20
facility
in
this
state.
21
b.
A
provisional
license
granted
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
22
shall
be
converted
to
a
full
license
to
practice
medicine
and
23
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery
after
one
year
24
unless
the
license
has
been
revoked
pursuant
to
subsection
2
25
or
surrendered
by
the
licensee.
26
2.
The
board
may
revoke
a
provisional
license
granted
27
pursuant
to
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
,
if
the
board
finds
by
28
clear
and
compelling
evidence
that
the
licensee
has
violated
29
a
provision
of
section
148.6.
A
licensee
may
appeal
a
30
revocation
pursuant
to
this
subsection
in
a
court
of
competent
31
jurisdiction
within
one
hundred
twenty
days
of
the
revocation.
32
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act
takes
effect
July
1,
2024.
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