37-3-307. Qualifications for licensure -- temporary license. - Montana Statutes

     37-3-307. Qualifications for licensure -- temporary license. (1) The board may authorize the department to issue to an applicant a temporary license to practice medicine on the basis of:
     (a) passing an examination prescribed by the board;
     (b) certification of record or other certificate of examination issued to or for the applicant by the national board of medical examiners or successors, by the federation licensing examination committee or successors, by the national board of osteopathic medical examiners or successors, or by the medical council of Canada or successors if the applicant is a graduate of a Canadian medical school that has been approved by the medical council of Canada or successors, certifying that the applicant has passed an examination given by the board; or
     (c) a valid, unsuspended, and unrevoked license or certificate issued to the applicant on the basis of an examination by an examining board under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or of the District of Columbia or of a foreign country whose licensing standards at the time the license or certificate was issued were essentially equivalent, in the judgment of the board, to those of this state at the time for granting a license to practice medicine; and
     (d) being a graduate of an approved medical school who has completed 1 year of internship or the equivalent and being of good moral character and good conduct.
     (2) The board may require that graduates of foreign medical schools pass the examination given by the education council for foreign medical graduates or successors.
     (3) A temporary license may be issued to a physician employed by a public institution who is practicing under the direction of a licensed physician. The board may authorize the department to issue a temporary license subject to terms of probation or other conditions or limitations set by the board or may refuse a temporary license to a person who has committed unprofessional conduct. The issuance of a temporary license does not impose any future obligation or duty on the part of the board to grant full licensure or to renew or extend the temporary license. The board may, in the case of an applicant for a temporary license, require a written, oral, or practical examination of the applicant.

     History: (1), (2)En. Sec. 17, Ch. 338, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 166, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 100, Ch. 350, L. 1974; Sec. 66-1026, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 18, Ch. 338, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 168, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 101, Ch. 350, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 213, L. 1977; Sec. 66-1027, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 66-1026, 66-1027(3); amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 224, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 126, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 467, L. 2005.