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Committee approves provisional license pathway to recruit international physicians; panel adds supervision and testing safeguards
Summary
Senate File 155 passed committee after members approved a provisional licensing pathway for internationally trained physicians who meet immigration and credentialing requirements; the committee added a requirement that provisional licensees practice under supervision and that full licensure include a U.S. licensing exam passing score.
The House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee approved Senate File 155, which creates a provisional licensing pathway intended to let internationally trained physicians practice in Wyoming under controlled conditions and convert to full licensure after meeting specified conditions.
Sen. Dan Driscoll, the bill sponsor, said the measure aims to address physician shortages in rural and small Wyoming communities by authorizing the state medical board to issue provisional licenses to internationally trained physicians who meet immigration requirements, demonstrate at least five years’ prior practice in some versions of the bill language discussed, show English fluency, and secure a sponsoring employer such as a hospital…
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