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Committee considers extending, easing clinical-license pathway for international medical graduates
Summary
Substitute Senate Bill 5,118 would modify and extend a limited clinical license for international medical graduates (IMGs), removing a residency requirement, reducing required USMLE steps, and allowing more renewals to help IMGs gain US clinical experience and serve rural and underserved communities.
Substitute Senate Bill 5,118 would revise Washington’s limited-license pathway for international medical graduates (CE license), removing the separate time-limited clinical-experience license, easing some requirements for the nomination-based license, and extending renewal potential, the House Health Care & Wellness Committee heard March 14.
The bill would eliminate one existing license type, remove the one-year Washington residency requirement for the nomination-based license, require completion of USMLE steps 1 and 2 (rather than all three steps) to qualify, and authorize up to three renewals if the applicant has applied for a residency before the…
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