Licensing requirements for graduates of foreign medical schools amended.
This bill updates Minnesota's rules for licensing doctors who graduated from medical schools outside the United States. It requires these applicants to prove their school is equivalent to U.S. or Canadian institutions, pass specific medical exams, and demonstrate proficiency in English. A key provision creates a new "limited license" for foreign-trained physicians who have at least five years of work experience abroad and are willing to practice in rural or underserved urban areas. This limited license waives the usual one-year clinical training requirement and mandates that employers pay these doctors a salary comparable to a medical resident.
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Feb 2024
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Introduced Feb 15, 2024
Last action May 17, 2024
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Introduced
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1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
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Liz Reyer
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
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Andy Smith
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
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Bianca Virnig
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Hodan Hassan
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Laurie Pryor
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Liish Kozlowski
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Matt Norris
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Sandra Feist
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Steve Elkins
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
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