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Board receives legislative update; secures conditional-authority for new licensing pathways
Summary
Staff briefed the medical board on a slate of enacted bills affecting licensure and rule review, including the Welcome Home Act (conditional licensure language), a new international medical graduate pathway that defers implementation to board rulemaking, and Act 192's five-year rule-review requirement.
Board staff provided a legislative briefing highlighting several enacted bills the board will implement or monitor and noted next steps for rulemaking and coordination with state health officials.
Ms. Fulton summarized bills that affect the board's work. Two identical bills called the "Welcome Home Act" change occupational-licensure procedures; staff negotiated language to allow the medical board to issue a conditional…
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