36-4-11. Application for license--Qualifications of licensee--Examination--Educational requirements.

Any person desiring to engage in the practice of medicine or osteopathy, surgery, or obstetrics in any of their branches in this state shall apply to the Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners for a license. The application shall contain such information as the board may require by rules adopted pursuant to chapter 1-26. The Board of Examiners shall grant a license to any applicant who gives satisfactory proof of being at least eighteen years of age and who is of good moral character if the applicant passes an examination, determined by the board by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 1-26, to establish medical competence and presents evidence of having graduated and received a diploma from a medical or osteopathic college approved by the board in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to chapter 1-26. If the diploma is from a medical or osteopathic college outside the United States, the Board of Examiners may require further proof of competence by rules adopted pursuant to chapter 1-26. The applicant shall also present evidence satisfactory to the board of successful completion of a program as an intern or resident, or of equivalent service approved by the board, in a hospital approved by the board, for such time as the board requires by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 1-26.

Source: SDC 1939, § 27.0301; SL 1949, ch 106, § 2; SDC Supp 1960, § 27.0302; SL 1973, ch 241, § 3; SL 1979, ch 249, § 1; SL 1985, ch 297, § 6; SL 1995, ch 210, § 1.

36-4-11.1. Criminal background investigation of applicants for licensure and expedited licensure and licensees under disciplinary investigation.

Each applicant for licensure or expedited licensure as a physician in this state shall submit to a state and federal criminal background investigation by means of fingerprint checks by the Division of Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Upon application, the Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners shall submit completed fingerprint cards to the Division of Criminal Investigation. Upon completion of the criminal background check, the Division of Criminal Investigation shall forward to the board all information obtained as a result of the criminal background check. This information shall be obtained prior to permanent licensure of the applicant. The Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners may require a state and federal criminal background check for any licensee who is the subject of a disciplinary investigation by the board. Failure to submit or cooperate with the criminal background investigation is grounds for denial of an application or may result in revocation of a license. The applicant shall pay for any fees charged for the cost of fingerprinting or the criminal background investigation.

Source: SL 2012, ch 193, § 1; SL 2018, ch 226, § 1, eff. Feb. 5, 2018.