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House passes SB 2367 to let licensing board create pathways for foreign-trained physicians
Summary
After public testimony from hospital and clinic leaders about urgent shortages — including imminent loss of the only on-island ophthalmologist — the House unanimously passed SB 2367 SS1 to let the Health Care Professions Licensing Board write regulations for licensing physicians trained abroad.
The House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 2367, Senate Substitute 1, authorizing the Health Care Professions Licensing Board to promulgate regulations for licensing physicians licensed in foreign countries.
The move followed public comments from health-care leaders who called the change urgent. Dr. Marty Rohringer, deputy chief medical officer at CHCC and vice chairman of the medical licensing board, told the House the measure would “empower the healthcare professions licensing board to create practical and diligent…
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