Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1832a

  • Accredited school or college of osteopathic medicine: means a school approved by the AOA or by the Board according to its rules. See
  • Board: means the Board of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons created under section 1791 of this title. See
  • 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.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
  • 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.
  • Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See

§ 1832a. Licensure without examination

(a) A person shall be entitled to licensure without examination if he or she is a diplomate of the National Board of Examiners for Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons.

(b) A person shall be entitled to licensure without examination if, at the time of application, he or she produces satisfactory evidence of the following and, in the judgment of the Board, he or she is qualified in all respects for a license:

(1) licensure in another U.S. or Canadian jurisdiction whose requirements are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this chapter; and

(2) the person has been granted a diploma by an accredited school or college of osteopathic medicine.

(c) [Repealed.] (Added 1989, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; amended 2015, No. 38, § 19, eff. May 28, 2015.)