37-3-311. Examination. (1) Examinations for a license to practice medicine shall be held not less than twice each year, at a time and place specified by the board. The examination shall be conducted in the English language and shall be sufficiently comprehensive in medicine to adequately test the applicant's professional competence and ability. The examination shall be fair and impartial. Examination papers shall be identified by both the name of the applicant and a number assigned by the department. The board may require the department to use the examination prepared by the national board of medical examiners or the examination prepared by the federation licensing examination committee or successors.
(2) An applicant must meet the requirements of 37-3-305 prior to taking a scheduled examination.
(3) An applicant who is a graduate of a foreign medical school shall have passed an examination given by the education council for foreign medical graduates or its successor.
(4) The board may in its discretion require the department to give, subject to 37-1-101, an oral or practical examination to test the applicant's qualifications for licensure and grant appropriate credit for this.
(5) The board may use other Montana physicians to assist in preparing the examination.
(6) A person may not be granted a license to practice medicine if he fails to attain a passing grade as set by the board. If an applicant fails to meet the minimum grade requirements in his first examination, he may be reexamined not more than two additional times on each of the component parts of the examination. An examination fee shall be charged for each additional examination. If an applicant is prevented through no fault of his own from taking a scheduled examination, he may, within 2 years, be examined without submitting a new application.
History: En. Sec. 24, Ch. 338, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 167, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 104, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-1033; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 348, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 405, L. 1985.
