International DO Practice Rights - updated 03/06

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AOA INTERNATIONAL LICENSURE SUMMARY

Updated: March 2006

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Argentina
Year of Last Request: 1994
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Aruba
Year of Last Request: 1993
Scope of Practice: denied

Australia
Year of Last Request: 2000
Scope of Practice: varies

Austria
Year of Last Request: 1994
Scope of Practice: unlimited, but difficult to obtain

Bahamas
Year of Last Request: 1997
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Barbados
Year of Last Request: 1974
Scope of Practice: limited to manipulation

Belize
Year of Last Request: 2005
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Bermuda
Year of Last Request: 1997
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Bolivia
Year of Last Request: 1988
Scope of Practice: unknown

Brazil
Year of Last Request: 2000
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Cambodia
Year of Last Request: 1992
Scope of Practice: unknown

Canada

Alberta
Scope of Practice: unlimited

British Columbia
Scope of Practice: one licensure pathway provides D.O.s with unlimited practice rights,
and another pathway limits D.O.s to practice OMM

Manitoba
Scope of Practice: unlimited

New Brunswick
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Newfoundland
Scope of Practice to be determined

Northwest Territories
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Nova Scotia
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Ontario
Scope of Practice: Unlimited

Prince Edward Island
Scope of Practice: no provisions exist for licensing US-trained D.O.s

Quebec
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Saskatchewan
Scope of Practice: limited to OMM

Yukon Territory
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Cayman Islands
Year of Last Request: 1983
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Central African Empire
Year of Last Request: sometime before 1990
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Chile
Year of Last Request: 1993
Scope of Practice: unlimited

China
Year of Last Request: 1994
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Colombia
Year of Last Request: 1996
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Costa Rica
Year of Last Request: 1993
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Denmark
Year of Last Request: 1995
Scope of Practice: unknown

Dominican Republic
Year of Last Request: 2000
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Ecuador
Year of Last Request: sometime before 1990
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Egypt
Date of Last Request: 1999
Scope of Practice: unknown

Finland
Year of Last Request: 1996
Scope of Practice: unlimited

France
Year of Last Request: 1988
Scope of Practice: limited to manipulation

Germany
Year of Last Request: 1993
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Ghana
Year of Last Request: 1994
Scope of Practice: unknown

Greece
Year of Last Request: 2004
Scope of Practice: unlimited, but difficult to obtain

Guatemala
Year of Last Request: 1993
Scope of Practice: unknown

Guyana
Year of Last Request: 1996
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Honduras
Year of Last Request: 2002
Scope of Practice: Unlimited

Hong Kong
Year of Last Request: 1998
Scope of Practice: unlimited

India
Year of Last Request: 1999
Scope of Practice: undetermined

Indonesia
Year of Last Request: 1992
Scope of Practice: unlimited if with mission or university

Iran
Year of Last Request: 1999
Scope of Practice: unknown

Ireland
Year of Last Request: 1999
Scope of Practice: denied

Israel (*)
Scope of Practice: Unlimited

Italy
Year of Last Request: 2004
Scope of Practice: unlimited, but difficult to obtain

Jamaica
Year of Last Request: 1994
Scope of Practice: limited

Japan
Year of Last Request: 1993
Scope of Practice: unknown

Kenya
Year of Last Request: 1991
Scope of Practice: unknown

Korea (South)
Year of Last Request: 1995
Scope of Practice: unknown

Kuwait
Year of Last Request: 1993
Scope of Practice: unknown

Laos
Year of Last Request: 1992
Scope of Practice: unknown

Lebanon
Year of Last Request: 2004
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Liberia
Year of Last Request: sometime before 1990
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Luxembourg
Year of Last Request: 1987
Scope of Practice: unlimited, but difficult to obtain

Malaysia
Year of Last Request: 1993
Scope of Practice: denied

Mexico
Year of Last Request: 1998
Scope of Practice: previously denied

Micronesia
Year of Last Request: 1993
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Morocco
Year of Last Request: 1994
Scope of Practice: denied

Nepal
Year of Last Request: 1993
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Netherlands
Year of Last Request: 1999
Scope of Practice: undetermined

New Zealand
Year of Last Request: 2005
Scope of Practice: unlimited on a case-by-case basis

Nicaragua
Year of Last Request: 1993
Scope of Practice: unknown

Nigeria
Year of Last Request: 1999
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Norway
Year of Last Request: 1990
Scope of Practice: limited to manipulation

Pakistan
Year of Last Request: 1996
Scope of Practice: unknown

Panama
Year of Last Request: 1994
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Papua New Guinea
Year of Last Request: 1996
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Peru
Year of Last Request: 1994
Scope of Practice: unknown

Philippines
Year of Last Request: 1994
Scope of Practice: unknown

Romania
Year of Last Request: 1994
Scope of Practice: unknown

Russia/Commonwealth of Independent States
Year of Last Request: 1994
Scope of Practice: unlimited with sponsor

St. Lucia
Year of Last Request: 2000
Scope of Practice: unlimited

St. Kitts
Year of last Request: sometime before 1990
Scope of Practice: unknown

Saudi Arabia
Year of Last Request: 1994
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Scotland
Year of Request: 1998
Scope of Practice: varies

Sierra Leone
Year of Last Request: 1993
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Singapore
Year of Last Request: 1993
Scope of Practice: denied

South Africa
Year of Last Request: 1996
Scope of Practice: limited to manipulation

Spain
Year of Last Request: 1994
Scope of Practice: denied

Sweden
Year of Last Request: 1996
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Switzerland
Year of Last Request: 1993
Scope of Practice: denied

Syria
Year of Last Request: 1996
Scope of Practice: unknown

Taiwan
Year of Last Request: 2005
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Tanzania
Year of Last Request: 1985
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Thailand
Year of Last Request: 1996
Scope of Practice: undetermined

Turkey
Year of Last Request: 1988
Scope of Practice: unknown

Uganda
Year of Last Request: 1990
Scope of Practice: denied

Ukraine
Year of Last Request: 1999
Scope of Practice: unknown

United Arab Emirates
Year of Last Request: 1993 and 2004
Scope of Practice: varied

United Kingdom
Year of Last Request: 2005
Scope of Practice: full scope of practice

Venezuela
Year of Last Request: 1993
Scope of Practice: unknown

Vietnam
Year of Last Request: 1993
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Zambia
Year of Last Request: 1971
Scope of Practice: unlimited

Zimbabwe
Year of Last Request: 1993
Scope of Practice: limited to manipulation