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Senate panel advances bill to create licensure pathway for internationally trained physicians
Summary
The Senate Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee voted to recommend passage of Senate File 509 as amended, a bill that would remove Minnesota's blanket residency requirement for experienced international medical graduates and create a supervised-practice pathway tied to exams and rural service.
The Senate Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee on Feb. 25 recommended passage of Senate File 509, a bill to create a licensure pathway for internationally trained physicians living in Minnesota.
Sen. Mann moved the bill with an author's amendment that the committee adopted. The motion to recommend SF 509 as amended passed by voice vote and the measure was referred to the Committee on State Government.
The bill would remove the current blanket requirement that physicians trained abroad repeat U.S. residency training before practicing in Minnesota and replace that requirement with a set of conditions for experienced international medical graduates (IMGs). Under the proposal presented to the committee, an IMG would be eligible for licensure if the physician has graduated from medical school, has passed all three USMLE (United States Medical Licensing…
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