Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 370 - Medicine and Surgery
Section 20-10. - Qualification for licensure.

Except as provided in section 20-12, each person applying for a license under section 20-13 shall certify to the Department of Public Health that the applicant: (1) (A) Is a graduate of a medical school located in the United States or Canada accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or of a medical education program accredited by the American Osteopathic Association, or (B) is a graduate of a medical school located outside the United States or Canada and has received the degree of doctor of medicine, osteopathic medicine or its equivalent and satisfies educational requirements specified in regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter and has either (i) successfully completed all components of a “fifth pathway program” conducted by an American medical school accredited by the American Medical Association or the American Osteopathic Association, or (ii) received certification from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates; (2) has successfully completed not less than two years of progressive graduate medical training as a resident physician in a program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association or an equivalent program approved by the board with the consent of the department; and (3) has passed an examination prescribed by the department with the advice and consent of the appropriate examining board. Examinations required under this section shall be administered by the Department of Public Health under the supervision of the appropriate examining board. Passing scores shall be established by said department with the consent of the appropriate examining board. The department may, under such regulations as the Commissioner of Public Health may adopt, with the advice and assistance of the appropriate board, deny eligibility for licensure to a graduate who has been found to have provided fraudulent or inaccurate documentation regarding either the graduate's school's educational program or academic credentials or to have failed to meet educational standards as prescribed in such regulations.

(1949 Rev., S. 4364(a), (e); 1953, 1955, S. 2192d(a), (e); 1961, P.A. 363, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 45, S. 1; 225, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 80, S. 2; 127, S. 37; P.A. 73-673, S. 1, 3; P.A. 75-39, S. 2; 75-268, S. 4; P.A. 76-113, S. 1; 76-276, S. 14, 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 350, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 25, 136; P.A. 79-161, S. 1; P.A. 80-484, S. 11, 174, 176; P.A. 85-171, S. 1; 85-613, S. 124; P.A. 89-389, S. 19, 22; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-271, S. 1, 40; P.A. 99-102, S. 3.)
History: 1961 act added provision for persons who have received degrees from schools or hospitals not included in the list which are located in the Dominion of Canada; 1969 acts required student to be resident through not less than 128 weeks of “graded courses” rather than through four graded courses of not less than 32 weeks each and deleted requirement that statements be filed “in duplicate”; 1972 acts deleted reference to courses taken in “schools approved as provided in section 20-11”, deleted provision which allowed students to take examination who had less than required hours of courses if student has had postgraduate instruction in schools or hospitals in U.S. or Canada, required filing of examination results within 60 rather than 30 days after examination and required proof that applicant is at least 18 rather than 21, reflecting changed age of majority; P.A. 73-673 required proof that noncitizen has an approved petition for immigration visa and replaced requirement for 128 course hours with requirement that applicant has been a resident student and graduate of a medical school listed in World Health Organization Directory and deleted provisions re requirements for graduates of medical schools after January 1, 1919, and after July 1, 1947, effective June 27, 1973; P.A. 75-39 added provisions re citizens who attended medical school outside of U.S.; P.A. 75-268 deleted obsolete requirement that certificate required by repealed Sec. 20-3 be submitted; P.A. 76-113 deleted requirement that applicant be citizen, have declared intent to become citizen or possess immigration visa and following reference to citizenship; P.A. 76-276 made technical correction; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, required consent of health services commissioner for examination and changed wording slightly, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 replaced reference to Sec. 20-122 with reference to Sec. 20-12; P.A. 79-161 replaced former provision re examination and required contents of statement with wholly new provisions; P.A. 80-484 replaced “certificate of registration” with “license”, deleted proofs of age and moral character and made health services department rather than examining board responsible for examination contents and administration but provided for advice, supervision etc. of examining board; P.A. 85-171 amended (1)(B) to delete requirements re graduation from a medical school located in Mexico, amended (1)(C) to require approval of the medical school at the time of graduation rather than entrance, inserted (1)(i) and (ii) re successful completion of the “fifth pathway program” and certification from the educational commission for foreign medical graduates, deleting specific provisions re graduates of Mexican medical schools, deleted the requirement re annual publication of an approved schools list and added department authority through regulation, to deny eligibility for licensure; P.A. 85-613 made technical changes; P.A. 89-389 removed a requirement in Subdiv. (B) that the medical school at the time the person graduated was approved by the Connecticut medical examining board, added a requirement that the person satisfy educational requirements specified in regulations and made technical changes; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-271 amended Subdiv. (2) to require the minimum two years training to be of “progressive graduate medical” training in a program “accredited” by the “accreditation council for” graduate medical education, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 99-102 added references to programs approved by the American Osteopathic Association and made technical changes.
See Sec. 20-13 re issuance of license.
The functions reposed in board do not involve an improper delegation of power. 116 C. 416. Applicant precluded by former judgments from relitigating the questions determined when his license was revoked. 126 C. 218. Under former statute, it was not necessary for approval of license issued in another state that applicant have such a diploma as was necessary to take the Connecticut examination; and in the case of such an application, the words “may accept” were construed as mandatory. 130 C. 93. Cited. 207 C. 346; 219 C. 168.
Compared with Sec. 20-37. 14 CS 199.

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