§ 17.5. Graduate license.
(a) A graduate license authorizes the licensee to participate in a year of graduate medical training within the complex of the hospital to which the licensee is assigned, and a satellite facility or other training location utilized in the graduate training program.
(b) To secure a graduate license, an applicant shall satisfy one of the following:
(1) Have graduated from an accredited medical college or an unaccredited medical college and received a medical degree.
(2) Have completed the formal requirements for graduation from an unaccredited medical college, except an internship or social service requirement, and have successfully completed a fifth pathway program and an ECFMG certification examination.
(3) Hold a license to practice medicine without restriction in this Commonwealth or an equivalent license granted by another state, territory or possession of the United States, or the Dominion of Canada.
(c) Additional requirements for securing a graduate license are that the applicant shall satisfy the following:
(1) Have been certified by the ECFMG, if the applicant is a graduate of an unaccredited medical college.
(2) An applicant who is a graduate of an unaccredited medical college or who satisfies the requirements of subsection (b)(2), and files a complete application for a graduate license shall submit a diploma and transcript verified by a medical college listed in the International Medical Education Directory and chartered and recognized by the country in which it is situated for the provision of medical doctor education. The transcript must identify the successful completion of the equivalent of 4 academic years of medical education including 2 academic years in the study of the arts and sciences of medicine generally recognized by the medical education community in the United States and 2 academic years of clinical study of the practice of medicine as generally recognized by the medical education community in the United States.
(3) Satisfy the requirements in § 16.12 (relating to general qualifications for licenses and certificates), including having completed at least 3 hours of approved training in child abuse recognition and reporting in accordance with § 16.108 (relating to child abuse recognition and reporting—mandatory training requirement).
(d) To participate in graduate medical training at a second-year level under the authority of a graduate license, the licensee shall first secure a passing score on FLEX I or Part I of the National Boards or Step 1 of the USMLE plus Part II of the National Boards or Step 2 of the USMLE; a passing score on a licensing examination acceptable to the Board as set forth in § 17.1(a)(1)(iii), (viii) and (ix) (relating to license without restriction), or, hold a license to practice medicine without restriction in this Commonwealth or an equivalent license granted by another state, territory or possession of the United States or the Dominion of Canada.
(e) To participate in graduate medical training at a third-year level or higher, the licensee shall secure a passing score on both FLEX I and FLEX II; Part I of the National Boards or Step 1 of the USMLE plus Part II of the National Boards or Step 2 of the USMLE plus Part III of the National Boards or Step 3 of the USMLE; Part I of the National Boards or Step 1 of the USMLE plus Part II of the National Boards or Step 2 of the USMLE plus FLEX II; or FLEX I plus Step 3 of the USMLE; a passing score on a licensing examination acceptable to the Board as set forth in § 17.1(a)(1)(iii), (viii) and (ix); or, hold a license to practice medicine without restriction in this Commonwealth or an equivalent license granted by another state, territory or possession of the United States or the Dominion of Canada.
(f) A graduate of an unaccredited medical college, who does not possess the qualifications for the issuance of a graduate license enumerated in subsections (a)—(e), but who desires to train in a hospital within this Commonwealth in an area of advanced graduate medical training, may have the unmet qualifications waived by the Board if the Board determines that the applicant possesses the technical skills and educational background to participate in the training and that the issuance of a graduate license to the applicant is beneficial to the health, safety and welfare of the people of this Commonwealth.
(g) A graduate license is only valid for a maximum of 12 consecutive months, but may be renewed by the Board to permit additional training.
(h) For a graduate license to be renewed, the Board has to receive, prior to the expiration of the previously issued license, the required renewal fee—see § 16.13 (relating to licensure, certification, examination and registration fees)—and a completed renewal form. Renewal forms are provided to hospitals in this Commonwealth that offer graduate medical training programs.
Authority The provisions of this § 17.5 amended under sections 8 and 27—29 of the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P.S. § § 422.8 and 422.27—422.29); and 23 Pa.C.S. § 6383(b)(2).
Source The provisions of this § 17.5 adopted January 2, 1987, effective December 31, 1986, 17 Pa.B. 24; amended April 8, 1994, effective April 9, 1994, 24 Pa.B. 1838; amended February 3, 2006, effective February 4, 2006, 36 Pa.B. 532; amended March 25, 2022, effective March 26, 2022, 52 Pa.B. 1899. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (363460) to (363462).
Notes of Decisions When doctors acted in good faith reliance on Board’s original favorable interpretation of its own regulations, doctors erroneously issued graduate medical training license’s were entitled to reissuance of licenses. Menoyo v. State Board of Medicine, 629 A.2d 295 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1993).
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