Sec. 4.6. (a) The board may authorize the agency to issue noneducational commission for foreign medical graduates certified graduate permits for the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine. A noneducational commission for foreign medical graduates certified graduate permit is subject to any termination date specified by the board.

     (b) The board may issue a noneducational commission for foreign medical graduates certified graduate permit to a graduate of a school located outside the United States, its possessions, or Canada if the graduate:

(1) applies in the form and manner required by the board;

(2) pays a fee set by the board;

(3) has completed the academic requirements for the degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathic medicine from a medical school approved by the board;

(4) has been issued a valid permit by another state for participation in a postgraduate medical education or training program located in a state that has standards for postgraduate medical education and training satisfactory to the board;

(5) has been accepted into a postgraduate medical training program that:

(A) is affiliated with a medical school located in a state that issued a permit under subdivision (4);

(B) has a training site located in Indiana; and

(C) has standards for postgraduate medical education and training satisfactory to the board;

(6) provides the board with documentation of the areas of medical practice for which the training is sought;

(7) provides the board with at least two (2) letters of reference documenting the individual’s character; and

(8) demonstrates to the board that the individual is a physician of good character who is in good standing outside the United States, its possessions, or Canada where the person normally would practice.

     (c) Applications for a noneducational commission for foreign medical graduates certified graduate permit for graduates of foreign medical schools must be made to the board subject to this section.

     (d) A permit issued under this section expires one (1) year after the date it is issued and, at the discretion of the board, may be renewed for additional one (1) year periods upon the payment of a renewal fee set by the board by rule.

     (e) An individual who applies for a noneducational commission for foreign medical graduates certified graduate permit under this section is not required to take any step of the United States Medical Licensure Examination.

     (f) A noneducational commission for foreign medical graduates certified graduate permit must be kept in the possession of the fellowship training institution and surrendered by the institution to the board within thirty (30) days after the person ceases training in Indiana.

     (g) A noneducational commission for foreign medical graduates certified graduate permit authorizes a person to practice in the training institution only and, in the course of training, to practice only those medical acts approved by the board but does not authorize the person to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine otherwise.

     (h) The board may deny an application for a noneducational commission for foreign medical graduates certified graduate permit if the training program that has accepted the applicant has:

(1) violated; or

(2) authorized or permitted a physician to violate;

this section.

     (i) A person issued a noneducational commission for foreign medical graduates certified graduate permit under this section must file an affidavit that:

(1) is signed by a physician licensed in Indiana;

(2) includes the license number of the signing physician; and

(3) attests that the physician will monitor the work of the physician holding the noneducational commission for foreign medical graduates certified graduate permit.

The affidavit must be filed with the agency before the person holding the noneducational commission for foreign medical graduates certified graduate permit may provide medical services.

As added by P.L.177-2009, SEC.41. Amended by P.L.78-2017, SEC.15; P.L.180-2018, SEC.21; P.L.90-2019, SEC.47.