Section 6528. Qualification of certain applicants for licensure

(a)
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article or any law  to  the
  contrary,  an  individual who at the time of his enrollment in a medical
  school outside the United States is a  resident  of  the  United  States
  shall  be  eligible  for licensure in this state if he has satisfied the
  requirements of subdivisions one, five, six, seven and eight of  section
  sixty-five hundred twenty-four of this chapter and:
    (1)  has  studied  medicine  in  a  medical school located outside the
  United States which is recognized by the World Health Organization;
    (2) has completed all  of  the  formal  requirements  of  the  foreign
  medical school except internship and/or social service;
    (3)  has attained a score satisfactory to a medical school approved by
  the Liaison Committee on Medical Education on a  qualifying  examination
  acceptable  to  the  state  board  for  medicine, and has satisfactorily
  completed one academic year of supervised clinical  training  under  the
  direction of such medical school;
    (4)  has completed the post-graduate hospital training required by the
  Board of all applicants for licensure; and
    (5) has passed the examination required by the Board of all applicants
  for licensure.
    (b) Satisfaction of the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2),  and  (3)
  of subdivision (a) of this section shall be in lieu of the completion of
  any  foreign  internship and/or social service requirements, and no such
  requirements shall be a condition of licensure as a  physician  in  this
  State.
    (c)  Satisfaction  of the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)
  of subdivision (a) of this section shall be in lieu of certification  by
  the   Educational  Council  for  Foreign  Medical  Graduates,  and  such
  certification shall not be a condition of licensure as  a  physician  in
  this  State  for  candidates  who  have  completed  the  requirements of
  subdivision (a) of this section.
    (d) No hospital licensed by this State, or operated by the State or  a
  political   subdivision  thereof,  or  which  receives  state  financial
  assistance, directly or indirectly, shall require an individual who  has
  satisfied   the   requirements  of  paragraphs  (1),  (2),  and  (3)  of
  subdivision (a) of this section, and who at the time of  his  enrollment
  in  a  medical  school  outside  the  United States is a resident of the
  United  States,  to  satisfy  any  further  education   or   examination
  requirements prior to commencing an internship or residency.
    (e)  A document granted by a medical school located outside the United
  States which is recognized by the World Health Organization issued after
  the completion of all the formal requirements of  such  foreign  medical
  school except internship and/or social service shall, upon certification
  by   the   medical  school  in  which  such  training  was  received  of
  satisfactory completion by the person to whom such document  was  issued
  of  the  requirements listed in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of this
  section, be deemed the equivalent of a degree of doctor of medicine  for
  purposes of licensure and practice as a physician in this State.