TITLE 844 MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA
Final Rule
LSA Document #07-723(F)
DIGEST
Amends
844 IAC 4-4.5-12 to increase the number of years to 10 in which to pass the three steps of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) and to reduce the number of attempts to three from five in which a person may sit for the three steps of the USMLE. Effective 30 days after filing with the Publisher.
844 IAC 4-4.5-12 Passing requirements for United States Medical Licensing Examination
Authority:
IC 25-22.5-2-7
Sec. 12. The following are the examination passing requirements for licensure:
(1) A score of seventy-five (75) is the minimum passing score for Step III all steps of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE).
(2) An applicant may have a maximum of five (5) three (3) attempts to pass each step of the USMLE. Therefore, upon the fifth third seating of each step of the exam, the applicant must obtain a passing score.
(3) All steps of the USMLE must be taken and successfully passed within a seven (7) ten (10) year time period. This seven (7) ten (10) year period begins when the applicant first passes a step, either Step I or Step II. In counting the number of attempts regarding USMLE steps, previous attempts on the National Board Medical Examination and the examination of the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States are included.
Hearing Held: March 27, 2008
Approved by Attorney General: June 3, 2008
Approved by Governor: June 9, 2008
Filed with Publisher: June 10, 2008, 9:46 a.m.
Documents Incorporated by Reference: None Received by Publisher
Small Business Regulatory Coordinator: Michael Rinebold, Indiana Professional Licensing Agency, Indiana Government Center South, 402 West Washington Street, Room W072, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, (317) 234-2011, mrinebold@pla.in.gov
Posted: 07/09/2008 by Legislative Services Agency
DIN: 20080709-IR-844070723FRA
Composed: May 03,2024 4:47:19PM EDT
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