Oklahoma
http://www.ok.gov/osboe/documents/RULES.pdf
510:10-3-1. General licensure requirements
(a) Licensure by Board required. It is the general requirement in the State of Oklahoma that
practitioners of osteopathic medicine and surgery be licensed by the State Board of Osteopathic
Examiners.
(b) Temporary license. The Osteopathic Medicine Act does not authorize the Board to issue a
temporary license for any purpose.
(c) Postgraduate training. One year of postgraduate training is a requirement for licensure. This
experience must be in the form of a rotating internship or its equivalent, in an accredited internship or
residency program acceptable to the Board. To be deemed equivalent to a rotating internship and,
acceptable to the Board, a program must provide the following:
(1) The program must provide the following core experience:
(A) One (1) month - General Practice
(B) Two (2) months - General Internal Medicine
(C) One (1) month - General Surgery
(D) One (1) month - Obstetrics/Gynecology
(E) One (1) month - Pediatrics
(2) This core experience must be supplemented by three (3) months of Selectives and three (3)
months of Electives, accounting for a total of twelve (12) months. A Selective may be defined as any
core category or Emergency Medicine. An Elective may be any category of experience chosen by the
intern or resident.
(3) If an applicant has completed an ACGME accredited residency training program and become
specialty board eligible or attained specialty board certification, the Board may consider this standing as equivalent training