La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XLV-429

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XLV-429 - Procedural Requirements

A. In addition to the substantive qualifications specified in §427, to be eligible for registration under this Subchapter, an applicant shall:

1. submit to the board a completed application, upon forms supplied by the board, subscribed by the applicant and by the administrator or chief executive officer of the hospital or medical institution in which the postgraduate program is to be conducted, accompanied by a recent photograph of the applicant;

2. make a personal appearance, by appointment, before a member of the board or its designee, or at the office of the board before its designated officer, and present evidence of the qualifications specified by §427; provided, however, that an applicant who has completed his medical (whether allopathic or osteopathic) education but who does not yet possess a degree as required by §311. A.4 may be deemed eligible for registration upon submission to the board of a letter subscribed by the dean of an approved medical school or college (whether allopathic or osteopathic), certifying that the applicant has completed his academic and medical education at such school or college, that the applicant is a candidate for the degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathic medicine or doctor of osteopathy at the next scheduled convocation of such school or college, and specifying the date on which such degree will be awarded; and

3. pay the applicable fees, as provided in these rules and the Medical Practice Act.

B. All documents required to be submitted to the board must be the original thereof. For good cause shown, the board may waive or modify this requirement.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-429

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 10:915 (November 1984), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 16:525 (June 1990), LR 27:850 (June 2001).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1270.