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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="14-307" title_number="14" title_name="Physicians" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To qualify for a license, an applicant shall be an individual who meets the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The applicant shall be of good moral character.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The applicant shall be at least 18 years old.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Except as provided in § 14–308 of this subtitle, the applicant shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Have a degree of doctor of medicine from a medical school that is accredited by an accrediting organization that the Board recognizes in its regulations; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Submit evidence acceptable to the Board of successful completion of 1 year of training in a postgraduate medical training program that is accredited by an accrediting organization that the Board recognizes in its regulations; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Have a degree of doctor of osteopathy from a school of osteopathy in the United States, its territories or possessions, Puerto Rico, or Canada that has standards for graduation equivalent to those established by the American Osteopathic Association; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Submit evidence acceptable to the Board of successful completion of 1 year of training in a postgraduate medical training program accredited by an accrediting organization that the Board recognizes in its regulations.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the applicant shall meet any education, certification, training, or examination requirements established by the Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The applicant shall meet any other qualifications that the Board establishes in its regulations for license applicants.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>An otherwise qualified applicant who passes the examination after having failed the examination or any part of the examination 3 or more times may qualify for a license only if the applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has successfully completed 2 or more years of a residency or fellowship accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Has a minimum of 5 years of clinical practice of medicine:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>In the United States or in Canada;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>With at least 3 of the 5 years having occurred within 5 years of the date of the application; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>That occurred under a full unrestricted license to practice medicine; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Has no disciplinary action pending and has had no disciplinary action taken against the applicant that would be grounds for discipline under § 14–404 of this title; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Is board certified.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall require as part of its examination or licensing procedures that an applicant for a license to practice medicine demonstrate an oral and written competency in the English language.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Graduation from a recognized English–speaking undergraduate school or high school, including General Education Development (GED), after at least 3 years of enrollment, or from a recognized English–speaking professional school is acceptable as proof of proficiency in the oral and written communication of the English language under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>By regulation, the Board shall develop a procedure for testing individuals who because of their speech impairment are unable to complete satisfactorily a Board approved standardized test of oral competency.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If any disciplinary charges or action that involves a problem with the oral and written communication of the English language are brought against a licensee under this title, the Board shall require the licensee to take and pass a Board approved standardized test of oral and written competency.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>The applicant shall complete a criminal history records check in accordance with § 14–308.1 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall license an applicant to practice medicine if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The applicant:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Became licensed or certified as a physician in another jurisdiction under requirements that the Board determines are substantially equivalent to the licensing requirements of this title;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Is in good standing under the laws of the other jurisdiction;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Submits an application to the Board on a form that the Board requires; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Pays to the Board an application fee set by the Board; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The jurisdiction in which the applicant is licensed or certified offers a similar reciprocal licensing process for individuals licensed to practice medicine by the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board shall adopt regulations to implement this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
