THE NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL BOARD DOES NOT YET OFFER AN APPLICATION FOR THIS PATHWAY.
North Carolina has enacted without pathway section. The original bill would have permitted the Board to issue an “internationally-trained hospital physician employee” license to IMGs that possess an active license in good standing from a foreign country or had such a license that expired within the last five years, practiced medicine for a minimum of five years, completed 130 weeks of medical education at a school in the World Directory of Medical Schools (WDOMS), eligible for ECFMG certification, completed two years of PGT at a World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) accredited program or practiced medicine for at least 10 years, passed a medical licensing exam or received board specialty certification or submitted to a comprehensive assessment approved by the Board; never had a license revoked, suspended, restricted, or otherwise acted against in any jurisdiction and not subject to pending investigations, nor have any convictions regarding “moral turpitude,” felonies, or involving the practice of medicine, be proficient in English and have legal authorization to work in the U.S. Applicants must be offered employment at an accredited hospital or at a rural practice supervised by a physician licensed in the state, with rules for supervision promulgated by the Board; These licensees are prohibited from practicing medicine or surgery outside the confines of the North Carolina hospital or its affiliates, and the license becomes inactive if the physician chooses to do so within the ambiguous provisional license phase. Conversion to full licensure (unbound by practice limitations) is not mentioned. HB 125 (2023)
