{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-9-6","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 45:9-6","heading":"License required to practice medicine or surgery; applications; educational requirements;  citizenship","body":"All persons commencing the practice of medicine or surgery in this State shall apply to the board for a license so to do.  The board shall, except as herein otherwise provided, examine all qualified applicants for such a license.   Every applicant shall present to the secretary of the board, at least 20 days  before the commencement of the examination at which he desires to be examined,  a written application for admission to the examination on a form provided by  the board, together with satisfactory proof that he is more than 21 years of  age, of good moral character, and a citizen of the United States or has  declared his intention to become such a citizen.  He shall also present to the  board a certificate of the Commissioner of Education of this State showing  that, before entering a professional school or college, he had obtained an  academic education consisting of a 4 years' course of study in an approved  public or private high school or the equivalent thereof.  Any license issued to  an applicant prior to becoming a citizen of the United States shall be a  temporary license and subject to the provisions of Revised Statutes 45:9-14.\nAmended by L.1939, c. 115, p. 403, s. 6;  L.1968, c. 16, s. 1, eff. April 11,  1968.","path":["TITLE 45 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"31fa0690de05976b1a3ffb8fc58c20dba6c3cf3e7eae741289abd66e4dfce0e4","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-9-5.3","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-9-6.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}