§ 271.5. Standards for osteopathic medical training and facilities
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)Effective: August 31, 2004
Effective: August 31, 2004
63 P.S. § 271.5
§ 271.5. Standards for osteopathic medical training and facilities
(a) The educational qualifications for acceptance as a matriculant in an osteopathic medical college incorporated within the Commonwealth and the curricula and training to be offered by such colleges shall meet the requirements set by the board after advice and consultation with the appropriate committees of the American Osteopathic Association or any other accrediting body which is recognized by the board.
(b) It shall be the duty of the board to periodically ascertain the character of the instruction and the facilities of the osteopathic medical colleges and hospitals offering or desiring to offer osteopathic medical training. It shall ascertain the facilities and qualifications of osteopathic medical institutions, colleges, or hospitals, outside this Commonwealth whose graduates or trainees desire to obtain osteopathic medical licensure or graduate osteopathic medical training in this Commonwealth.
(c) An osteopathic medical institution authorized to confer academic degrees in osteopathic medicine which in the judgment of the board fails to provide proper facilities, or to maintain the minimum requirements for accreditation shall be notified of such failure. Until such deficiencies are corrected its graduates shall not be eligible for licensure or graduate osteopathic medical training.
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1978, Oct. 5, P.L. 1109, No. 261, § 5, imd. effective. Amended 2004, July 2, P.L. 486, No. 56, § 2, effective Aug. 31, 2004.
63 P.S. § 271.5, PA ST 63 P.S. § 271.5
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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