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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) Except as provided in G.S. 90-9.2, to be eligible for licensure as a physician under this Article, an applicant shall submit proof satisfactory to the Board that the applicant meets all of the following criteria:
(1) The applicant has passed each part of an examination described in G.S. 90-10.1.
(2) The applicant has completed at least 130 weeks of medical education and satisfies any of the following:
a. The applicant is a graduate of a medical college approved by the Liaison Commission on Medical Education, the Committee for the Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools, or an osteopathic college approved by the American Osteopathic Association and has successfully completed one year of training in a medical education program approved by the Board after graduation from medical school; or
b. The applicant is a graduate of a medical college approved or accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools, or an osteopathic college approved by the American Osteopathic Association, is a dentist licensed to practice dentistry under Article 2 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes, and has been certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery after having completed a residency in an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency program approved by the Board before completion of medical school.
c. The applicant may satisfy the education and graduation requirements of subdivision (2) of this subsection by providing proof of current certification by a specialty board recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties, Certificate of the College of Family Physicians, Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada, American Osteopathic Association, the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, or any other specialty board the Board recognizes pursuant to rules.
(3) The applicant is of good moral character.
(b) No license may be granted to any applicant who graduated from a medical or osteopathic college that has been disapproved by the Board pursuant to rules adopted by the Board.
(c) The Board may, by rule, require an applicant to comply with other requirements or submit additional information the Board deems appropriate.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations § 90-9.1. Requirements for licensure as a physician under this Article - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nc/chapter-90-medicine-and-allied-occupations/nc-gen-st-sect-90-9-1/
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