N.J. Admin. Code § 13:35-1.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 9, May 6, 2024

Section 13:35-1.2 - Fifth Pathway

(a) The Board shall accept application for licensure from an applicant who does not meet the usual statutory prerequisites for educational background, in the following circumstances to be known as the Fifth Pathway:

1. The applicant has completed the entirety of the academic curriculum in residence at a medical school in a foreign country located outside of the United States, Puerto Rico or Canada or in a school-authorized clinical training program;

2. The medical school was approved throughout the applicant's period of education by the government of the country of domicile to confer the degree of Doctor of Medicine and Surgery or its equivalent, and was listed in either the World Health Organization Directory published by the World Health Organization or the International Medical Education Directory (IMED) published by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG);

3. The applicant has satisfactorily completed all the requirements for a matriculated student of that foreign medical school to receive a diploma, except for internship and/or social service;

4. The applicant has achieved a passing score on a screening examination acceptable to the Educational Commission on Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) even though not eligible for ECFMG certification; and

5. The applicant has had his or her academic record reviewed and approved by a medical school approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, which school has accepted the applicant in a one-academic-year program of supervised clinical training under its direction, and the applicant has satisfactorily completed that program as evidenced by receipt of a certificate issued by the sponsoring medical school.

(b) The applicant meeting the requirements in (a) shall thereafter be deemed by the Board to be eligible to enter a graduate training program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). Upon satisfactory completion of the three years of post-graduate training required by 13:35-3.11, the applicant may apply for licensure in this State.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:35-1.2

Amended by R.1989 d.532, effective 10/16/1989.
See: 21 N.J.R. 2226(b) , 21 N.J.R. 3307(a) .
Rule deleted and replaced with new text.
Amended by R.2011 d.155, effective 6/6/2011.
See: 42 N.J.R. 1310(a) , 43 N.J.R. 1359(b) .
In (a)2, inserted "either" and "published by the World Health Organization or the International Medical Education Directory (IMED) published by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)".