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Licensure of medical doctors is necessary in Michigan under MCL 333.17011. The rules specify the conditions and
requirements for licensure, relicensure, renewal, and continuing education.
All seven of the other Great Lakes states have rules regulating the licensing of medical doctors, as listed below:
Illinois: Applicants for licensure must have graduated from a medical education program, hold a current certification
at the time of application for licensure/examination from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
(ECFMG) if the applicant is a graduate of a medical college outside of the United States or Canada, complete
postgraduate clinical training, and successfully pass Steps 1, 2, and 3 of the United States Medical Licensing
Examination (USMLE) prior to obtaining full licensure.
Indiana: Applicants for licensure must possess the degree of doctor of medicine from an approved medical school,
submit a notarized copy of a certificate issued to the applicant by the ECFMG if the applicant is a graduate of a school
of medicine outside the United States or Canada, complete postgraduate clinical training, and successfully pass Steps
1, 2, and 3 of the USMLE prior to obtaining full licensure.
Minnesota: Applicants for licensure must have graduated from an accredited medical school, hold a current
certification at the time of application for licensure/examination from the ECFMG if the applicant is a graduate of a
medical college outside of the United States or Canada, complete clinical medical training, and successfully pass
Steps 1, 2, and 3 of the USMLE prior to obtaining full licensure.
New York: Applicants for licensure must have graduated from an accredited medical program, hold a current
certification at the time of application for licensure/examination from the ECFMG if the applicant is a graduate of a
non-accredited medical college, complete postgraduate clinical training, and successfully pass Steps 1, 2, and 3 of the
USMLE prior to obtaining full licensure.
Ohio: Applicants for licensure must have graduated from an accredited medical school, hold a current certification
from the ECFMG if the applicant is a graduate of a foreign medical school, complete postgraduate clinical training,
and successfully pass Steps 1, 2, and 3 of the USMLE prior to obtaining full licensure.
Pennsylvania: Applicants for licensure must have graduated from an accredited medical college or an unaccredited
medical college if the applicant holds a current certification from the ECFMG, complete postgraduate clinical
training, and successfully pass Steps 1, 2, and 3 of the USMLE prior to obtaining full licensure.
Wisconsin: Applicants for licensure must have graduated from an accredited medical college, hold a current
certification from the ECFMG if the applicant is not a graduate of an accredited medical college, complete
postgraduate clinical training, and successfully pass Steps 1, 2, and 3 of the USMLE prior to obtaining full licensure.
When compared to other Great Lakes states, Michigan’s licensure requirements for medical doctors are like other
Great Lakes states.
A. If the rules exceed standards in those states, please explain why and specify the costs and benefits arising out of
the deviation.
Statute demands promulgation of rules related to licensure. The rules do not exceed the licensing requirements of
other states.
3. Identify any laws, rules, and other legal requirements that may duplicate, overlap, or conflict with the proposed
rules.
There are no federal regulations for licensing of medical doctors. There are no other laws, rules, or other legal
requirements that duplicate, overlap, or conflict with the proposed rules.
A. Explain how the rules have been coordinated, to the extent practicable, with other federal, state, and local laws
applicable to the same activity or subject matter. This section should include a discussion of the efforts undertaken
by the agency to avoid or minimize duplication.
Review of applicable statutory law avoided unnecessary duplication in the rules.
MCL 24.245(3)