12 AAC 40.020. License by examination

(a) The written examination administered twice yearly in Alaska will be the most current version of the USMLE examination.

(b) The minimum passing grade for each step of the USMLE is a score of 75.

(d) Repealed 4/27/97.

(e) Repealed 4/27/97.

(f) Repealed 4/27/97.

(g) No credit will be given for passing any part of the former three part version of the FLEX examination administered before May 18, 1985.

(h) If an applicant for licensure in this state has passed either component of the two-component FLEX examination in another state during the five years before application in this state, the applicant need only take the steps of the USMLE necessary to complete an acceptable examination combination listed in 12 AAC 40.021 as long as all parts or steps of the examination combination are completed within seven years and before January 1, 2000.

(i) Except as provided in (m) of this section, if an applicant does not pass all steps of the USMLE within the seven years after the date the applicant first passes step one or step two, whichever is earlier, the applicant must retake and pass all steps including steps previously passed.

(j) Except as provided in (m) of this section, if an applicant has passed any step of the USMLE in another state during the five years before application in this state, the applicant need only take the steps not passed as long as all steps are passed within seven years.

(k) An applicant who fails any step of the USMLE more than once must complete a supervised course of study acceptable to the board before permission to retake the step will be given. The board will include failed attempts on corresponding parts or components of the NBME and FLEX examinations when counting the number of attempts on a USMLE step.

( l ) An osteopathic applicant for licensure by examination may substitute the applicant's successful passing of all three levels of the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX) administered by the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners for the applicant's successfully passing of all three steps of the USMLE examination. The osteopathic applicant may only use the substitution if the applicant successfully passed all three levels of the COMLEX examination in sequential order within seven years of the applicant's successfully passing level one of the COMLEX examination. If an osteopathic applicant takes any level of the COMLEX examination and fails more than once, the applicant must complete a supervised course of study acceptable to the board, before permission to retake the level of the COMLEX examination will be given.

(m) An applicant that is enrolled in a dual degree medical program for M.D. and Ph.D degrees must complete all three steps of the USMLE within 10 years from the date that the applicant passed the first step of the USMLE.

History: Eff. 12/20/70, Register 36; am 8/29/73, Register 47; am 3/30/84, Register 89; am 5/18/85, Register 94; am 5/1/94, Register 130; am 4/27/97, Register 142; am 11/7/98, Register 148; am 4/2/2004, Register 169

Authority: AS 08.64.100

AS 08.64.210

AS 08.64.220

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