The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
003
:
LICENSES
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 1395)
-
§ 1395. License by endorsement
(a) The Board shall have an endorsement process for physician licensure that requires
not more than three years of practice in good standing in another jurisdiction within
the United States, regardless of whether that jurisdiction has licensing requirements
substantially equal to those of this State, provided the applicant meets one of the
following postgraduate training requirements:
(1) A graduate of a U.S. or Canadian medical school accredited by a body that is acceptable
to the Board shall have successfully completed at least two years of postgraduate
training in a U.S. or Canadian program accredited by an organization that is acceptable
to the Board.
(2) A graduate of a Board-approved medical school outside the United States or Canada
shall have successfully completed at least three years of postgraduate training in
a U.S. or Canadian program accredited by an organization that is acceptable to the
Board.
(b) If the Board determines that three years of demonstrated practice in another specific
jurisdiction is not adequately protective of the public, it shall provide its rationale
to the Commissioner, who may propose any necessary statutory or rule amendments in
order to implement more restrictive requirements for endorsement for that jurisdiction.
(c) The Board may issue to an endorsement applicant a waiver of the practice requirement
if there is a showing that the waiver follows State policy and the public is adequately
protected. (Amended 1967, No. 307 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 22, 1968; 1977, No. 91, § 3, eff. May 5, 1977; 1977, No. 259 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 41; 2001, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 19b, eff. June 13, 2002; 2011, No. 61, § 2, eff. June 2, 2011; 2017, No. 39, § 2; 2019, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. April 1, 2021.)