1. (a) Whereas the Arkansas State Medical Board is vested with discretion pursuant to Arkansas Code § 17-95-405 to issue a license to practice medicine to a physician who has been issued a license to practice medicine in another state, “whose requirements for licensure are equal to those established by the State of Arkansas” without requiring further examination, and in order to establish objective criteria of equivalency in licensure requirements, the board hereby finds that all applicants for licensure who graduated from an American or Canadian medical school prior to 1975 and who otherwise meet all other requirements for licensure in this state shall be determined to meet the requirements for licensure in this state upon presentation of satisfactory evidence that they have successfully completed the examination required by the licensing authority in the state in which they were originally licensed.
2. (b) All applicants for licensure who graduated from an American or Canadian medical school subsequent to 1975 shall be required to present evidence of satisfactory completion of one (1) of the examinations listed in 17 CAR § 140-901.
3. (c) Graduates of Canadian medical schools shall be deemed to have satisfied the equivalency requirements by providing proof of completion of the LMCC (Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada) examination.
4. (d) Graduates of foreign medical schools must comply with the requirements of 17 CAR §§ 140-301 and 140-901 regardless of the state in which they are licensed.
5. (e) All applicants must complete and submit such information as the board requests on its application form for licensure by credentials.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "History: Adopted April 19, 1985, Amended October 6, 2000; Amended March 22, 2022; Effective July 11, 2022"