37-3-309. Application for license. (1) A person desiring a license to practice medicine shall make application to the department, verified by oath and in a form prescribed by the board. The application must be accompanied by the license fee and documents, affidavits, and certificates necessary to establish that the applicant possesses the qualifications prescribed by this chapter apart from an examination required by the board. The burden of proof is on the applicant, but the department may make an independent investigation to determine whether the applicant possesses the qualifications and whether the applicant has committed unprofessional conduct. The applicant shall provide necessary authorizations for the release of records and information pertinent to the department's inquiry.
     (2) An applicant for a license on the basis of an examination shall file the application at least 60 days prior to the announced date of the examination. If the applicant is not at the time of filing the application a graduate of but is then in attendance at an approved medical school, the applicant shall submit to the department, instead of a diploma or other required evidence of graduation, a written statement from the dean or other authorized representative of the approved medical school that the applicant will receive a diploma at the end of the then-current school term. The applicant may not be granted a certificate until the applicant has filed with the department a diploma or other acceptable evidence of graduation from the approved medical school and has complied with the requirements of subsection (1). A license may not be issued until the applicant has satisfied the board that the applicant has completed at least 1 year of an approved internship or its equivalent and has otherwise met the requirements for the issuance of a license under this chapter.

     History: En. Sec. 23, Ch. 338, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 103, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-1032; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 348, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 429, L. 1995.