54.1-2930 - Requirements for admission to examination. - Virginia Statutes

§ 54.1-2930. Requirements for admission to examination.

The Board may admit to examination for licensure to practice medicine,osteopathy, chiropractic and podiatry any candidate who has submittedsatisfactory evidence verified by affidavits that he:

1. Is eighteen years of age or more;

2. Is of good moral character;

3. Has successfully completed all or such part as may be prescribed by theBoard, of an educational course of study of that branch of the healing artsin which he desires a license to practice, which course of study and theeducational institution providing that course of study are acceptable to theBoard; and

4. Has completed one year of satisfactory postgraduate training in a hospitalapproved by an accrediting agency recognized by the Board for internships orresidency training. At the discretion of the Board, the postgraduate trainingmay be waived if an applicant for licensure in podiatry has been in activepractice for four continuous years while serving in the military and is adiplomate of the American Board of Podiatric Surgery. Applicants forlicensure in chiropractic need not fulfill this requirement.

In determining whether such course of study and institution are acceptable toit, the Board may consider the reputation of the institution and whether itis approved or accredited by regional or national educational or professionalassociations including, but not limited to, such organizations as theAccreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education or other officialaccrediting body recognized by the American Medical Association, by theCommittee for the Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools or theirappropriate subsidiary agencies, by any appropriate agency of the UnitedStates government, or by any other organization approved by the Board.Supervised clinical training which is received in the United States as partof the curriculum of a foreign medical school shall be obtained in anapproved hospital, institution or school of medicine offering an approvedresidency program in the specialty area for the relevant clinical training.The Board may also consider any other factors that reflect whether thatinstitution and its course of instruction provide training sufficient toprepare practitioners to practice their branch of the healing arts withcompetency and safety in the Commonwealth.

(Code 1950, § 54-305; 1952, c. 211; 1954, c. 626; 1972, c. 824; 1975, c. 508;1982, c. 605; 1985, c. 605; 1988, cc. 89, 132, 765.)