Originally Posted by amberf

So what does this mean? We will be assessed individually based on our scores and education, therefore we do have a chance to get the texas license or ....? I see Ross is on their (tmb's) list ..

Originally Posted by wolfvgang22

Val is correct.

The word accredited probably isn't the correct word. State licensure boards do not accredit schools at all. They do approve schools for licensure. Saba is approved for licensure by some state medical licensure boards (NY and CA, to name two). Approved for licensure usually means that the state accepts your school as equivalent to their state med schools.

In other states, Saba is simply absent from the list of schools banned by the state. This makes Saba students eligible for licensure on a case by case basis in states that do not have Saba on an "approved schools" list.

I think the toughest state regarding licensure rules is Texas, and they are tough chiefly because they require all ACGME green book clincal rotations on the transcript of an MD applying for licensure. Additionally, they require both neurology and family practice clinical rotations. Third, students may not do clinicals in Texas unless enrolled at a Texas state medical school as a visiting student (this is hard to do; you may as well get admitted as a regular student, I think).

I think it is Indiana that requires that a school be in operation for 15 years before their students can be licensed?
CO is like Texas in that they have had an anti-IMG attitude in the last several years. You'll find that a few states like CO, TX, PA and some others have language in their rules making the state medical board able to reject anyone they darn well please ( until challenged in court) based on various specious (in my view) arguments. OK had such language, and it was struck down in the state supreme court. So they go back and tweak things to let in who they want and keep out the riff-raff, in the name of protecting the public. (Which they do a decent job of, just often overzealously in my view as an international med student.)

Louisiana and Maryland are two of the easier states to get licensed in, I believe IMGS can get licensed in those states with less than 3 years of residency. CA was tough, but not anymore for Saba (except you have to verify every single clinical in writing on a form for them, I believe.)

Your best bet is to go to the website of each state board that you are interested in and read their rules several times and figure out if Saba meets their criteria or not. My strategy is to attempt to meet Texas' tough licensure rules, using them as a guideline to simplify my life. This way, I will likely be eligible for licensure in most other states.