2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-1,139 — Osteopathic physician; license; requirements.

Section 71-1,139
Osteopathic physician; license; requirements.

Every applicant for a license to practice as an osteopathic physician shall (1) present proof of having completed a four-year course in an accredited high school or its equivalent, (2) present proof of having graduated from an accredited school or college of osteopathic medicine, and (3) pass an examination, as prescribed by the Board of Medicine and Surgery, in the science of osteopathy and the practice of the same. The application for a license to practice as an osteopathic physician shall include the applicant's social security number.

The department shall accept, in lieu of the examination provided in subdivision (3) of this section, a certificate of examination issued by the National Board of Osteopathic Examiners of the United States of America. Every applicant for a license upon the basis of such certificate shall be required to pay the fees prescribed for licenses issued to osteopathic physicians without examination, based upon a license by examination held in another state or territory or the District of Columbia.

Source:

Laws 1927, c. 167, § 117, p. 489

C.S.1929, § 71-1703

R.S.1943, § 71-1,139

Laws 1981, LB 451, § 10

Laws 1989, LB 342, § 23

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 443

Laws 1997, LB 752, § 159

Laws 1999, LB 828, § 104

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska