Idaho Bills
3 bills · 2023 Regular Session
Adds to existing law to provide for limited licenses for medical school graduates who are not accepted into a residency program.
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Adds to existing law to provide for limited licenses for medical school graduates who are not accepted into a residency program.
This Legislation directs the Idaho Board of Medicine to create a limited license for medical school graduates who have not yet matched with a residency program and designate them as "bridge year physicians." These bridge year physicians can fill gaps in Idaho’s current healthcare provider workforce. This bill establishes license length, eligibility, qualifications, permitted duties and supervision requirements.
Amends and adds to existing law to provide for attorney licensure by the Idaho Supreme Court, to prohibit additional methods of demonstrating competency to qualify for universal licensure, to provide for conditional licensure under certain conditions, and to provide for universal work recognition.
Consistent with the Governors Occupational Licensing Reform Act, the legislation creates a universal work recognition licensure pathway for individuals with four years of work experience in the military, another state, district, or territory of the United States that does not require a license to regulate that person’s profession or occupation but for which Idaho uses a license to regulate a profession or occupation. The bill removes outdated methods of establishing competency for licensure and clarifies that a board or commission decision related to a criminal conviction must be relevant to the occupation and license requested.
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