37-3-311. Examination. (1) An applicant who is a graduate of a foreign medical school is required to have passed an examination given by the education council for foreign medical graduates or its successor.
     (2) 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 the examination.
     (3) The board may use other Montana physicians to assist in preparing the examination.
     (4) A person may not be granted a license to practice medicine if the person fails to attain a passing grade as set by the board. If an applicant fails to meet the minimum grade requirements on the first examination, the applicant may be reexamined not more than two additional times on each of the component parts of the examination. If an applicant is prevented through no fault of the applicant's from taking a scheduled examination, the applicant 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; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 467, L. 2005.