To be recognized by the state medical board as a qualified graduate of a fifth pathway training program, an applicant shall submit evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant has done all of the following:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 4731.091

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fifth pathway training: means supervised clinical training obtained in the United States as a substitute for the internship or social service requirements of a foreign medical school. See Ohio Code 4731.04
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59

(A) Studied medicine in a foreign medical school acknowledged by the world health organization and verified by a member state of that organization as operating within the state’s jurisdiction at the time the applicant studied medicine;

(B) Successfully completed all the formal requirements of the foreign medical school except internship or social service requirements;

(C) Prior to entrance into the fifth pathway training program, attained on a screening examination acceptable to the board a score satisfactory to a medical school accredited by the liaison committee on medical education;

(D) Successfully completed one academic year of fifth pathway training at a hospital affiliated with a medical school accredited by the liaison committee on medical education.