Oklahoma § 59-494.1 - Medical licensure examinations

§ 59-494.1. Medical licensure examinations

A. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision shall

offer a medical licensure examination as necessary to test the

qualifications of applicants.

1. Except as otherwise provided, no person shall receive a

license to practice medicine and surgery in this state unless he or

she passes or has passed all required examinations satisfactory to

the Board.

2. The Board shall approve the preparation and administration

of any examination, in English, that it deems necessary to determine

an applicant's ability to practice medicine and surgery with

reasonable skill and safety.

3. Examinations shall be reviewed and scored in a way to ensure

the anonymity of applicants.

4. Examinations shall be conducted at least semiannually,

provided that there is an applicant.

5. The Board shall specify the minimum score required to pass

any examination. The required passing score shall be specified

prior to the administration of any examination.

6. Applicants shall be required to pass all examinations with a

score as set by rule, within a specific period of time after initial

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application. Specific requirements for the satisfactory completion

of further medical education shall be established by the Board for

those applicants seeking to be examined after the specified period

of time after initial application.

7. The Board may limit the number of times an applicant may

take an examination before the satisfactory completion of further

medical education is required of an applicant, provided that this

limitation may be waived by the Board for good cause.

8. Fees for any examination shall be paid by an applicant prior

to the examination and no later than a date set by the Board.

B. To apply for an examination, an applicant shall provide the

Board and attest to the following information and documentation no

later than a date set by the Board:

1. His or her full name and all aliases or other names ever

used, current address, Social Security number, and date and place of

birth;

2. A signed and notarized photograph of the applicant, taken

within the previous twelve (12) months;

3. Originals of all documents and credentials required by the

Board, or notarized photocopies or other verification acceptable to

the Board of such documents and credentials;

4. A list of all jurisdictions, United States or foreign, in

which the applicant is licensed or has applied for licensure to

practice medicine and surgery or is authorized or has applied for

authorization to practice medicine and surgery;

5. A list of all jurisdictions, United States or foreign, in

which the applicant has been denied licensure or authorization to

practice medicine and surgery or has voluntarily surrendered a

license or an authorization to practice medicine and surgery;

6. A list of all sanctions, judgments, awards, settlements, or

convictions against the applicant in any jurisdiction, United States

or foreign, that would constitute grounds for disciplinary action

under this act or the Board's rules;

7. A detailed educational history, including places,

institutions, dates, and program descriptions, of the applicant's

education including all college, preprofessional, professional, and

professional graduate education;

8. A detailed chronological life history from age eighteen (18)

to present, including places and dates of residence, employment, and

military service (United States or foreign); and

9. Any other information or documentation specifically

requested by the Board that is related to the applicant's

eligibility to sit for the examination.

C. No person shall subvert or attempt to subvert the security

of any medical licensure examination. The Board shall establish

procedures to ensure the security and validity of all medical

licensure examinations.

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Any individual found by the Board to have engaged in conduct

that subverts or attempts to subvert the medical licensing

examination process may have his or her scores on the licensing

examination withheld or declared invalid, be disqualified from the

practice of medicine and surgery, or be subject to the imposition of

other appropriate sanctions. The Board shall notify the Federation

of State Medical Boards of the United States of any such action.

Conduct that subverts or attempts to subvert the medical

licensing examination process shall include, but not be limited to:

1. Conduct that violates the security of the examination

materials, such as removal from the examination room of any of the

examination materials; reproduction or reconstruction of any portion

of the licensure examination; aid by any means in the reproduction

or reconstruction of any portion of the licensure examination; sale,

distribution, purchase, receipt, or unauthorized possession of any

portion of a future, current, or previously administered licensure

examination; or

2. Conduct that violates the standard of test administration,

such as communication with any other examinee during the

administration of the licensure examination; copying answers from

another examinee or by knowingly permitting one's answers to be

copied by another examinee during the administration of the

licensure examination; possession during the administration of the

licensing examination, unless otherwise required or authorized, of

any books, notes, written or printed materials or data of any kind,

other than the examination distributed; or

3. Conduct that violates the credentialing process, such as

falsification or misrepresentation of educational credentials or

other information required for admission to the licensure

examination; impersonation of an examinee or having an impersonator

take the licensure examination on one's behalf.

D. The Board shall provide written notice to all applicants for

medical licensure of such prohibitions and of the sanctions imposed

for such conduct. A copy of such notice, attesting that the

applicant has read and understands the notice, shall be signed by

the applicant and filed with the application.

E. The Board shall have exclusive power and authority to

determine the qualifications and fitness of all applicants for

admission to practice allopathic medicine in this state. The Board

shall require that each applicant submit to a national criminal

history record check as defined in Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. The Board shall not disseminate criminal history

record information resulting from the background check outside of

this state.

Added by Laws 1994, c. 323, § 18, eff. July 1, 1994. Amended by

Laws 1998, c. 324, § 7, emerg. eff. May 28, 1998; Laws 2020, c. 145,

§ 1, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020.

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