N.Y. Education Law § 6528: Qualification of certain applicants for licensure

§ 6528. Qualification of certain applicants for licensure. (a)

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article or any law to the

contrary, an individual who at the time of his enrollment in a medical

school outside the United States is a resident of the United States

shall be eligible for licensure in this state if he has satisfied the

requirements of subdivisions one, five, six, seven and eight of section

sixty-five hundred twenty-four of this chapter and:

(1) has studied medicine in a medical school located outside the

United States which is recognized by the World Health Organization;

(2) has completed all of the formal requirements of the foreign

medical school except internship and/or social service;

(3) has attained a score satisfactory to a medical school approved by

the Liaison Committee on Medical Education on a qualifying examination

acceptable to the state board for medicine, and has satisfactorily

completed one academic year of supervised clinical training under the

direction of such medical school;

(4) has completed the post-graduate hospital training required by the

Board of all applicants for licensure; and

(5) has passed the examination required by the Board of all applicants

for licensure.

(b) Satisfaction of the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)

of subdivision (a) of this section shall be in lieu of the completion of

any foreign internship and/or social service requirements, and no such

requirements shall be a condition of licensure as a physician in this

State.

(c) Satisfaction of the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)

of subdivision (a) of this section shall be in lieu of certification by

the Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates, and such

certification shall not be a condition of licensure as a physician in

this State for candidates who have completed the requirements of

subdivision (a) of this section.

(d) No hospital licensed by this State, or operated by the State or a

political subdivision thereof, or which receives state financial

assistance, directly or indirectly, shall require an individual who has

satisfied the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of

subdivision (a) of this section, and who at the time of his enrollment

in a medical school outside the United States is a resident of the

United States, to satisfy any further education or examination

requirements prior to commencing an internship or residency.

(e) A document granted by a medical school located outside the United

States which is recognized by the World Health Organization issued after

the completion of all the formal requirements of such foreign medical

school except internship and/or social service shall, upon certification

by the medical school in which such training was received of

satisfactory completion by the person to whom such document was issued

of the requirements listed in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of this

section, be deemed the equivalent of a degree of doctor of medicine for

purposes of licensure and practice as a physician in this State.