Year: 2014
Resolution Number: 56
Action Taken: Approved
Status:
Author(s): Mouhanad Hammami, MD
Sponsor: Mouhanad Hammami, MD
On behalf of:
Committee: E (Science and Education Affairs)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the AMA advocate that state medical societies in states that require unequal amounts of graduate medical education (GME) for International Medical Graduates (IMG) versus LCME graduates to seek legislation in their state legislatures to make GME requirements the same for IMGs and LCME graduates and also to eliminate any other discriminatory requirements mandated for IMGs alone; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the AMA lobby the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) to vigorously promote its policy of equal requirements for International Medical Graduates (IMGs) and LCME graduates and to ask the FSMB to seek changes in laws in each state to eliminate unequal graduate medical education (GME) requirements that discriminate against IMGs.
RESOLVED: That the AMA advocate that state medical societies in states that require unequal amounts of graduate medical education (GME) for International Medical Graduates (IMG) versus LCME graduates to seek legislation in their state legislatures to make GME requirements the same for IMGs and LCME graduates and also to eliminate any other discriminatory requirements mandated for IMGs alone; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the AMA lobby the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) to vigorously promote its policy of equal requirements for International Medical Graduates (IMGs) and LCME graduates and to ask the FSMB to seek changes in laws in each state to eliminate unequal graduate medical education (GME) requirements that discriminate against IMGs.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Abolish Discrimination against IMGs in Medical Licensing Requirements
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