(1) A license will not be granted to a foreign medical graduate unless:
- (a) the graduate has had three years of post-graduate training education in a post-graduate institution that has been approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association or successors; or
- (b) the graduate has had three years of postgraduate training education in a program approved by or affiliated with the World Directory of Medical Schools or successors and has sufficient fluency in spoken and written English to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety; or
- (c) the graduate has been granted board certification by a specialty board which is approved by and a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties or the American Osteopathic Association, or provides verification of being a certificant of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, or a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Authorizing statute(s): 37-3-203, MCA
Implementing statute(s): 37-3-305, MCA
History: NEW, 1985 MAR p. 687, Eff. 6/14/85; AMD, 1995 MAR p. 2480, Eff. 11/23/95; AMD, 1999 MAR p. 275, Eff. 2/12/99; TRANS, from Commerce, 2001 MAR p. 1471; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 2833, Eff. 11/21/14; AMD, 2026 MAR, Notice No. 2026-269, Eff. 5/9/26.