(a) No person shall participate in an intern or resident physician program or United States medical officer candidate training program until such person has received a permit issued by the Department of Public Health. The permit shall be issued solely for purposes of participation in graduate education as an intern, resident or medical officer candidate in a hospital or hospital-based program. No person shall receive a permit until a statement has been filed with the department on the applicant's behalf by the hospital administrator certifying that the applicant is to be appointed an intern, resident or medical officer candidate in the hospital or hospital-based program and that the applicant has received the degree of doctor of medicine, osteopathic medicine or its equivalent and, if educated outside the United States or Canada (1) has successfully completed all components of a “fifth pathway program” conducted by an American medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association, (2) received certification from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, (3) has successfully completed the examination for licensure prescribed by the department pursuant to section 20-10, or (4) holds a current valid license in another state or territory. Upon termination from an internship or medical residency program, a person's privileges under this subsection shall cease, such person's permit shall be automatically revoked and, if such person acts in violation of this chapter, such person shall be subject to disciplinary action pursuant to section 19a-17.

(b) No person shall participate in a clinical clerkship program unless such person is (1) a student in a medical school located in the United States or Canada accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association; or (2) is a third or fourth year student in a medical school located outside the United States or Canada, provided the clerkship is conducted within a program that is based in a hospital that has a residency program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association in the clinical area of the clerkship or within a program that is based in a hospital that is a primary affiliated teaching hospital of a medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

(P.A. 88-362, S. 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 98-166, S. 4, 9; P.A. 99-102, S. 5; P.A. 05-272, S. 7; P.A. 09-232, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-166 amended Subsec. (a) to add medical officer candidates, effective June 4, 1998; P.A. 99-102 added references to osteopathic medicine and the American Osteopathic Association and made technical changes; P.A. 05-272 amended Subsec. (a) to permit medical school graduates in internships, residencies, and clinical clerkships to participate in hospital-based programs and amended Subsec. (b) to add references to clerkships within a program based in a hospital; P.A. 09-232 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re termination from internship or medical residency program.