N.J. Admin. Code § 13:35-3.1
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024
Section 13:35-3.1 - Licensing examination; physicians(a) Effective December 1994, the standard medical and surgical licensing examination in the State of New Jersey shall be the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), Step 3. The licensing examination administered by the National Osteopathic Board of Examiners shall also be recognized as an alternative standard licensing examination for graduation of American Osteopathic Association-approved Osteopathic Medical Schools.(b) Prior to January 1995, the Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX) shall serve as one of the two standard medical and surgical licensing examinations in the State of New Jersey.(c) A candidate for examination who has met all other requirements of law for medical licensure shall be admitted to USMLE, Step 3, upon appropriate demonstration to the Board of successful completion of one of the following examination sequences. Completion of the examination sequence includes attainment of a passing score on each portion of the sequence. (The passing score for each portion of the examination sequence will be the score that was deemed passing by the Board at the time the examination was administered.)1. USMLE Step 1 or National Board Part I and USMLE Step 2 or National Board Part II; or(d) The entire examination sequence shall be passed within a seven-year period. The seven-year period begins when the first portion of the examination is passed. No passing credit shall be carried beyond the seven-year period. Candidates shall be required to repeat the entire USMLE sequence if the entire examination is not passed within seven years of the initial date of passage.(e) No candidate shall be permitted more than five attempts to pass Step 3 of USMLE without demonstration of additional education, experience or training acceptable to the Board.N.J. Admin. Code § 13:35-3.1
Amended by R.1985 d.224, effective 5/6/1985.
See: 17 New Jersey Register 561(a), 17 New Jersey Register 1131(c).
Substantially amended.
Amended by R.1989 d.532, effective 10/16/1989.
See: 21 New Jersey Register 2226(b), 21 New Jersey Register 3307(a).
Added alternate method for taking FLEX exam; deleted (e).
Amended by R.1994 d.522, effective 10/17/1994.
See: 26 New Jersey Register 2526(a), 26 New Jersey Register 4195(a).
Amended by R.1999 d.356, effective 10/18/1999.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 1742(a), 31 New Jersey Register 3117(a).
In (a), added a second sentence.