SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2045        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bruce E. Tarr

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to foreign-trained medical professionals.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2045        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 217

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to foreign-trained medical professionals.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 112 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting in section 9, at the end thereof, the following:-

The board shall promulgate rules and regulations to provide a pathway to full licensure for internationally trained physicians previously licensed or otherwise authorized to practice outside the United States and maintaining limited registration under this section or Board guidance for a period prescribed by the board

SECTION 2. Section 45A of said chapter 112, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 4 and 5, the words “the faculty of a reputable dental college as defined in section forty-six” and inserting place thereof the following words:- a dental college approved by

the board.

SECTION 3. Chapter 112 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting in section 45A, at the end thereof, the following:-

The board shall promulgate rules and regulations to provide a pathway to full licensure for internationally trained dentists previously licensed or otherwise authorized to practice outside the United States and maintaining limited registration under this section for a period prescribed

by the board

SECTION 4. Section 46 of said chapter 112 is hereby repealed

SECTION 5. Chapter 112 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking section 76B, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:- Section 76B. (a) Any person who has taken and passed an examination approved by the board and conducted in the English language, and has been registered by a province of Canada, and meets the eligibility requirements of clinical and theoretical study as determined by the board, and furnishes to the board satisfactory proof of good moral character and having graduated from a school of nursing approved by the board of nursing in the jurisdiction in which the applicant was originally registered shall be deemed to have met standards substantially the same as those of the commonwealth for the licensing of nurses and shall be licensed in the commonwealth without examination.

(b) Any person who has taken and passed an examination approved by the board and conducted in a language other than English, and has taken and passed a test of English Proficiency approved by the Board, and has been registered by a province of Canada, and meets the eligibility requirements of clinical and theoretical study as determined by the board, and furnishes to the board satisfactory proof of good moral character and having graduated from a school of nursing approved by the board of nursing in the jurisdiction in which the applicant was originally registered shall be deemed to have met standards substantially the same as those of the commonwealth for the licensing of nurses and shall be licensed in the commonwealth without examination.

SECTION 6. Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary an international medical graduate shall have ten years from obtaining licensure for completion of all steps of the United States Medical Licensing Examination

SECTION 7. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary the department of public health in consultation with the board of medicine shall develop and implement subject to appropriation an international medical graduate program to facilitate access to residences.