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Bill Text

A3398 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3398 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblywoman MARGIE DONLON, M.D.

District 11 (Monmouth)

Assemblyman� ALEXANDER "AVI" SCHNALL

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes provisional licensure for international 
medical graduates.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning licensure of certain physicians and 
surgeons and supplementing Title 45 of the Revised Statutes.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� As used in 
this act:

���� �Board� means the State Board of Medical Examiners.

���� �Health care provider� means an individual or entity that, 
acting within the scope of its licensure or certification, provides a covered 
service defined by the health benefits plan.� �Health care provider� includes, 
but is not limited to, a physician, surgeon, and other health care 
professionals licensed pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes, and a 
hospital and other health care facilities licensed pursuant to Title 26 of the 
Revised Statutes. 

���� �International medical graduate� means any individual who: 

���� (1)�� has been granted a medical doctorate or substantially 
similar degree by a medical program of good 
standing within the last seven years; 

���� (2)�� is in good standing with the medical licensing or regulatory 
institution of the resident country of the 
individual within the last seven years; 

���� (3)�� has completed a residency or substantially similar 
post-graduate medical training in the resident 
country of the individual or has practiced as a medical professional performing 
the duties of a physician or surgeon in the resident 
country for no less than five of the last seven years; and 

���� (4)�� possesses basic fluency in the English language.

���� �International medical program� means any medical school, residency 
program, medical internship program, or entity 
that provides physicians and surgeons with a medical education or training 
outside of the United States that is substantially 
similar to the education and training required to practice as a physician or 
surgeon in New Jersey as determined by 
the board.

���� �Physician 
or surgeon� shall be deemed to include practitioners in any branch of 
medicine or surgery or method of treatment of human ailment, disease, pain, 
injury, deformity, mental or physical condition.� �Physician or surgeon� 
includes individuals who have a medical doctorate or 
substantially similar degree and have 
completed a residency program or otherwise practiced as a medical professional performing the duties of a physician or surgeon 
for at least two years.

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���� 2.��� a.� The board shall grant a 
provisional license, which shall be valid for three years, to any international 
medical graduate to practice medicine in the State if the graduate: 

���� (1)�� has an offer for employment as a physician or surgeon at any 
healthcare provider that is licensed to operate in the State; or

���� (2)�� is already licensed to practice medicine in certain 
countries, as determined by the board. 

���� b.��� The board shall not 
grant a provisional license to practice medicine in the State to any international medical graduate unless the individual 
possesses a federal immigration status that 
authorizes the individual to practice as a 
physician or surgeon in the United States. 

���� c.���� During the provisional licensure period, an 
individual with a provisional license shall practice as a physician or surgeon 
only under the direct supervision of a physician or surgeon fully licensed and 
in good standing to practice medicine in the State.

���� 3.��� a.� 
(1)� The board may revoke a provisional license 
issued pursuant to subsection a. of section 2 of this act based on clear and compelling evidence that medical 
services provided by the licensee violated 
State medical safety, competency, or conduct standards established by 
the board.

���� (2)�� A provisional 
licensee may appeal the revocation of a provisional license to the board within 120 days of the revocation.� 

���� b.��� (1) A provisional license shall automatically 
convert to a full license to practice medicine in the State upon: 

���� (a)�� the completion by an international medical 
graduate of three years working as a physician or surgeon under the provisional 
license; and 

���� (b)�� without, as determined by the board, impairment, 
malpractice, fraud, or other misconduct reported to the board.

���� (2)�� Upon receipt of a full license to practice 
medicine, an international medical graduate shall not be required to maintain 
employment with the original hospital or health care facility where the 
graduate was employed under a provisional license. 

���� c.���� Noth