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Email: Chapter 30, Article 14, Section 4

§30-14-4. Application for license or educational permit.

(a) Each applicant for examination by the board, with the exception of assistants to osteopathic physicians and surgeons, as hereinafter provided, shall submit an application therefor on forms prepared and furnished by the board.

(b) Each applicant for a license shall furnish evidence, verified by oath and satisfactory to the board, establishing that the applicant has satisfied the following requirements:

(1) The applicant is 18 years of age or over;

(2) The applicant has graduated from an accredited osteopathic college;

 (3) The applicant has successfully completed a minimum of one year of post-doctoral, clinical training in a program approved by the American Osteopathic Association or the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

 (c) Each applicant for an educational permit shall furnish evidence, verified by oath and satisfactory to the board, establishing that the applicant has satisfied the following requirements:

(1) The applicant is 18 years of age or over;

(2) The applicant has graduated from an accredited osteopathic college; and

(3) The applicant is under contract as an intern or resident in an approved program of post-graduate clinical training.

(d) The board may not issue a license or permit to any person until the applicant has paid the application fee established by legislative rule of the board.

(e) In order to give timely effect to the amendments to this section and §30-14-10 of this article, the board is authorized to propose a legislative rule consistent with these amendments as an emergency rule under the provisions of §29A-3-15 of this code.