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Moonlighting in IL
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cokezero said:
you have to send in an application to Springfield. but here's the deal with IL. it's one of those states where instead of just doing an intern year, you have to do TWO post-grad years of training to be able to apply for a license. so be prepared to be poor for 2 years, then you can moonlight. oh and don't forget that they're slow in processing your application, so it may be 2 yrs and a few months until you can start moonlighting.
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How sure are you about those 2 post grad years before applying for the permanent license? The reason I ask is because I have heard similar things from other people, but on the Illinois Dept of Professional Regulation website it says 12 months of residency before applying for the permanent license. I downloaded the docs and all. Have you seen this actually in writing anywhere? Thanks
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c diddy said:
From Section 11 (A) (2)a of the Medical Practice Act of 1987:
(2) Effective January 1, 1988, for applications
for licensure made subsequent to January 1, 1988, under Sections 9 or 17 of this Act by individuals not described in paragraph (3) of subsection (A) of Section 11 who graduated after December 31, 1984:
(a) that the applicant: (i) graduated from a
medical or osteopathic college officially recognized by the jurisdiction in which it is located for the purpose of receiving a license to practice medicine in all of its branches, and the applicant has completed, as defined by the Department, a 6 year postsecondary course of study comprising at least 2 academic years of study in the basic medical sciences; and 2 academic years of study in the clinical sciences, while enrolled in the medical college which conferred the degree, the core rotations of which must have been completed in clinical teaching facilities owned, operated or formally affiliated with the medical college which conferred the degree, or under contract in teaching facilities owned, operated or affiliated with another medical college which is officially recognized by the jurisdiction in which the medical school which conferred the degree is located; or (ii) graduated from a medical or osteopathic college accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools in conjunction with the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, or the Bureau of Professional Education of the American Osteopathic Association; and, (iii) in addition thereto, has completed a course of postgraduate clinical training of not less than 24 months, as approved by the Department;
The section above that says 12 months of PG education but that seems to be for the immediate period after the act was passed. The FSMB page also says 2 years.
YMMV of course and FMGs have to have 3 years before they can get licensed.
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