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Windham County NAACP urges changes to S142 to ease relicensing for internationally trained physicians
Summary
Witnesses and advocates told the committee that S142 could expand Vermont’s health-care workforce if amended to clarify workforce-authorization, use the World Directory of Medical Schools for credential verification, and relax recency rules that now block many candidates.
Diana, representing the Windham County NAACP Health Justice Committee, told the legislative committee the bill known as S142 should be amended to reflect local stakeholders and to remove avoidable barriers for internationally trained physicians (ITPs) who could help address Vermont’s physician shortage.
Diana said the bill’s amendment that currently refers to a “Vermont chapter of the NAACP” should be changed to the “Windham County NAACP” because, she said, there is no statewide chapter and her committee led the advocacy on S142. She also urged the committee to insert a workforce-authorization definition that would allow applicants with pending federal work authorization to begin the licensure process while making clear the pathway is not open to applicants who reside outside the United States.
Her third drafting recommendation was procedural: rely on the World Directory of Medical Schools (the same directory used by ECFMG for credential verification) rather than naming…
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