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SB 80 revise certain provisions related to the...

State of South Dakota  
SEVENTY-SEVENTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,  2002
 

625H0393  
SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE ENGROSSED   NO. SB 80   -   01/23/2002  

        Introduced by: Senators Olson (Ed), Albers, Brosz, Brown (Arnold), Diedtrich (Elmer), Hagen, McCracken, Putnam, Sutton (Dan), Symens, and Vitter and Representatives Hansen (Tom), Bartling, Burg, Duniphan, Frost, Juhnke, Murschel, Peterson (Bill), Sebert, Teupel, Van Etten, Van Gerpen, and Wick  


         FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  revise certain provisions related to the examination required for physician licensure.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That § 36-4-17 be amended to read as follows:
     36-4-17.   The examination required by this chapter shall be in writing. The questions on all subjects shall be such as are answered alike by all schools of medicine or osteopathy. No license may be refused any applicant because of his the applicant's adherence to any particular school of medicine. Each applicant shall be required to attain an average percentage of at least seventy-five percent of correct answers. Any applicant failing on such examination is eligible for a maximum of two subsequent examinations upon payment of the required fee at any regular meeting of the Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners or at such time and place as the board may designate. Before taking the examination, the applicant shall pay to the secretary of the board a fee to be set by the board in an amount not to exceed five hundred fifty dollars. All

grades achieved shall be preserved by the secretary of the board for a period of at least three years.