Committee advances SF509 to create supervised-practice licensing pathway for internationally trained physicians
The Minnesota Senate Committee on State and Local Government on March 4 recommended SF509, which would remove a blanket residency requirement for internationally trained physicians and replace it with documentation, exam and supervised-practice criteria; an amendment allowing alternatives to a letter of recommendation was adopted.
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The Minnesota Senate Committee on State and Local Government on March 4 recommended Senate File 509 as amended to pass and re-refer to the Senate Finance Committee. The bill would change licensing for physicians who trained and practiced outside the United States by replacing an automatic requirement to repeat residency with a supervised-practice pathway and other documentation requirements.
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