Hawaii House Bill 1379

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-23 - Introduced and Pass First Reading.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Exempts graduates from international medical schools from the residency requirements for medical licensure if the applicant has had at least one year of fellowship training in a program whose parent program or hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, American Osteopathic Association, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or College of Family Physicians of Canada. Authorizes the board to waive the residency requirements if the applicant has graduated from a foreign medical school, passed the USMLE, and practices in a specialty that no other licensed physician in the State practices in.

Relating To Health.

Rep. Mike Lee [D]	Rep. Kirstin Kahaloa [D]	Rep. Susan Keohokapu-Lee Loy [D]	Rep. Darius Kila [D]
Rep. Lisa Kitagawa [D]	Rep. Lisa Marten [D]	Rep. Tyson Miyake [D]	Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]
Rep. Gregg Takayama [D]	Rep. David Tarnas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-23	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1379&year=2025
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1379_.HTM