La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XLV-407

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XLV-407 - Permit Pending Examination Results

A. The board may issue an institutional temporary permit for the sole purpose of serving in an approved medical residency training program to a graduate of an American or Canadian medical school or college or school of osteopathic medicine who has taken the USMLE or COMLEX-USA examination but whose scores have not yet been reported to the board or who is scheduled to take the USMLE or COMLEX-USA examination at its next administration, to be effective pending the reporting of such scores to the board, provided that the applicant possesses and meets all of the qualifications and requirements for licensure provided by this Chapter save for having successfully passed all steps of the USMLE or all levels of the COMLEX-USA examination (§311. A 5), or completing the postgraduate medical training program required by §311. A 6, and provided further that the applicant has not previously taken and failed to achieve a passing score, as prescribed by §387 of these rules, on the USMLE, FLEX, NBME, COMLEX-USA or NBOME examination, any component thereof, or any written examination administered by the licensing authority of any state.

B. The board may issue a temporary permit to an applicant for licensure by reciprocity (§351 to 353) who is required by §353 to take the SPEX, the COMVEX-USA or a certification or recertification examination, but who has not yet taken SPEX, the COMVEX-USA or a certification or recertification examination or whose scores have not yet been reported to the board or the applicant, provided that the applicant possesses and meets all of the qualifications and requirements for licensure provided by this Chapter save for having successfully passed the SPEX, the COMVEX-USA or a certification or recertification examination (§353), and provided further that the applicant has registered for the next available administration of the SPEX, the COMVEX-USA or a certification or recertification examination and has not previously taken and failed to achieve a passing score on the SPEX, the COMVEX-USA or any portion of a certification or recertification examination more than three times.

C. A permit issued under this Section shall expire, and thereby become null, void, and to no effect on the date that:

1. the board gives written notice to the permit holder that he has failed to achieve a passing score on the USMLE, COMLEX-USA, SPEX or COMVEX-USA examination for which he was registered;

2. the board gives written notice to the permit holder pursuant to §381. B that it has probable cause to believe that he has engaged or attempted to engage in conduct which subverted or undermined the integrity of the examination process;

3. the permit holder is issued a license pursuant to §413. A or another type of permit as provided by §397 of this Chapter; or

4. the holder of a permit issued under §407. B fails to appear for and take the SPEX, the COMVEX-USA or the certification or recertification examination for which he is registered or the earlier of the date on which the board or the permit holder receives notice from the entity or specialty board administering such examination that he has failed to achieve a passing score on any portion of the certification or recertification examination for which he was registered.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-407

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 10:914 (November 1984), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 16:521 (June 1990), LR 27:846 (June 2001), LR 31:1583 (July 2005).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1270, 37:1272, 37:1273 and 37:1275.