2012 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 37 — Professions and occupations
RS 37:1272 — Qualifications of applicants

§1272. Qualifications of applicants

Any person who wishes to practice medicine shall:

(1) Be twenty-one years of age;

(2) Be a citizen of the United States;

(3) Be of good moral character;

(4) Present to the board a valid diploma from a medical college in good standing with the board or have been actively engaged in the practice of medicine, in a manner determined by the board to have been satisfactory, for not less than four years under a temporary permit issued pursuant to R.S. 37:1275; and

(5) Pass an examination which the board deems sufficient to test the applicant's fitness to practice medicine in this state. The board may design or administer its own examination, or it may use examinations from any national examining agency, either public or private as long as such examinations are, in its view, sufficient for such purpose.

Acts 1975, No. 350, §1; Acts 1985, No. 302, §2; Acts 1988, No. 887, §1; Acts 2001, No. 17, §1, eff. May 17, 2001.