THE OKLAHOMA MEDICAL BOARD DOES NOT YET OFFER AN APPLICATION FOR THIS PATHWAY.
A new bill the Oklahoma Medical Board enacted makes the ECFMG the arbiter of whether a foreign applicant for full licensure, using the “traditional licensure pathway” (when an ECFMG-certified IMG matriculates through accredited GME prior to licensure), graduated from a satisfactory international medical program.
Applicants must meet all requirements in 59 OK Stat § 493.2, including 12-24 months of GME. Regarding additional licensure pathways, the bill authorizes the Board to issue limited licenses to qualifying IMGs that: graduated from a medical school which meets ECFMG requirements; pay an application fee; complete a three-year PGT program in the licensing country or practiced medicine for at least three of the last five years outside of the U.S.; has English proficiency, determined by the ECFMG; and has an offer of employment as a physician at a health care provider in the state that operates an ACGME-accredited PGT program.
The limited licensee must provide care at a qualifying facility, supervised by the chair of the department within the applicant’s intended practice.
After three years of limited practice, the Board may grant a full license, so long as the limited licensee is in good standing without disciplinary actions or investigations pending and has passed all steps of the USMLE.
