2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-1,139.01 — Osteopathic physician; license; requirements.

Section 71-1,139.01
Osteopathic physician; license; requirements.

(1) If a person (a) has graduated from an accredited school or college of osteopathic medicine since January 1, 1963, (b) meets all statutory requirements for licensure as an osteopathic physician, (c) has served one year of internship or its equivalent at an institution approved for such training by the Board of Medicine and Surgery, (d) after his or her internship, has taken and passed the examination provided in section 71-1,104, and (e) presents proof satisfactory to the board that he or she, within the three years immediately preceding the application for licensure, (i) has been in the active practice of the profession of osteopathic medicine and surgery in some other state, a territory, the District of Columbia, or Canada for a period of one year, (ii) has had one year of graduate medical education as described in subdivision (1)(c) of this section, (iii) has completed continuing education in medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery approved by the board, (iv) has completed a refresher course in medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery approved by the board, or (v) has completed the special purposes examination approved by the board, such person, upon making application therefor, shall receive a license as a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery which shall qualify such person to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery.

(2) The department shall accept, in lieu of the examination provided in subdivision (1)(d) 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 in osteopathic medicine and surgery without examination, based upon a license by examination held in another state or territory or the District of Columbia.

(3) With respect to persons who have graduated from an accredited school or college of osteopathic medicine prior to January 1, 1963, the department, upon the approval of the Board of Medicine and Surgery, may issue a license to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery to any such graduate who meets all the requirements for issuance of such license except graduation from an accredited school or college of osteopathic medicine after January 1, 1963, and whose application has been approved by the board.

Source:

Laws 1963, c. 408, § 1, p. 1310

Laws 1969, c. 565, § 3, p. 2301

Laws 1981, LB 451, § 11

Laws 1989, LB 342, § 24

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 444

Laws 1999, LB 828, § 105

Laws 2002, LB 1062, § 33

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska