HB243 Alabama 2023 Session

Under existing law, a postgraduate of a medical college that is not accredited must complete three years of postgraduate or residency training in order to qualify for licensure by the Medical Licensure Commission as a physician

This bill would change the postgraduate or residency training requirement to two years of training

Under existing law, applicants for licensure as a physician who have not passed certain examinations within the 10-year period immediately preceding the date of application must take a prescribed examination with a passing score in order to qualify for licensure

This bill would remove this requirement

This bill would also authorize the Board of Medical Examiners to issue permits to individuals who have completed medical school but have not been accepted into a postgraduate or residency training program to practice under the supervision of a licensed physician for one year, would establish certain criteria for the permitting of these individuals, would authorize the board to convene a working group to assist in drafting rules relating to the practice of bridge year graduate physicians, and would authorize HB243 INTRODUCED bridge year graduate physicians to prescribe and administer certain drugs in certain circumstances

Relating to the Board of Medical Examiners; to amend Sections 34-24-50.1 and 34-24-70, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide further for qualifications for licensure as a physician; and to add Section 34-24-75.2 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the board to issue permits for certain medical school graduates to practice medicine in a limited capacity for a limited time as bridge year graduate physicians.