2016 Arkansas Code
Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions
Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons
Subchapter 5 - -- Critical Medical Shortage Areas
§ 17-95-502. Definitions

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Critical medical shortage area" is an area wherein there is a critical shortage of physicians for the area's population as defined by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in the Federal Register, Volume 41, No. 13, dated July 6, 1976, and as updated by the Department of Health;

(2) "E.C.F.M.G." is an examination for graduates of foreign medical schools prepared and administered by the Education Council for Foreign Medical Graduates;

(3) "FLEX" is the Federal Licensing Examination prepared and issued semiannually by the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc. The Federal Licensing Examination includes three (3) parts: the basic science, the clinical science, and the clinical competency average. Successful passage of the Federal Licensing Examination with an overall weighted average of seventy-five (75) is required for medical licensure by the Arkansas State Medical Board; and

(4) "Temporary license" is a license issued by the board to practice medicine for a period of twelve (12) months in an area of critical medical shortage as defined in subdivision (1) of this section. A temporary license may be renewable by the board under the conditions and requirements of this subchapter for additional periods of twelve (12) months not to exceed the limitations set forth in § 17-95-504.