What does this mean? Deferred certification?

[24858]

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2013- Primary Certification Exam- Part 2 SpringApril 19, 2013Pass - Deferred Certification
NOTE: The results of the 2013- Primary Certification Exam- Part 2 Spring will be mailed to candidates on May 15, 2013. This letter will answer many of the questions you may have concerning your results. If you have not received your letter by May 24, 2013, please contact the ABA at (866) 999-7501.

On my exam results page on the aba website it says deferred certification. What does that mean?

 

[Orin]

From the ABA booklet of information

5.06 PROFESSIONAL STANDING
Professional standing satisfactory to the ABA is a requirement for acceptance as a candidate for ABA certification and for certification, subcertification, and maintenance of certification by the ABA.

Applicants with a medical license that is revoked, suspended or surrendered in lieu of revocation or suspension will not be accepted as a candidate for initial certification in anesthesiology. Applicants with less severe restrictions on a medical license may be accepted into the ABA system and certification may be deferred until the medical license is unrestricted or the Credentials Committee recommends and the Board approves awarding certification to the physician.

Candidates with a medical license that is revoked, suspended or surrendered in lieu of revocation or suspension may be permitted to take ABA examinations and certification will be deferred until the license is unrestricted. Candidates with less severe restrictions on a medical license may be permitted to take ABA examinations and certification may be deferred until the medical license is unrestricted or the Credentials Committee recommends and the Board approves awarding certification to the physician.

 

[24858]

Nope that isn't me. I have an unrestricted license without ever any malpractice issues. I even copied my license info from aba website.



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License Number------
License StateMA
Date Issued04/14/2010
Expiration Date11/23/2014
InactiveNo
ProtectedNo
License TypeFull

 

[Orin]

Hmm, well I reckon a phone call would fix things up, but the only other references to deferring certification in the ABA BOI are regarding substance abuse.

5.01 ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
The Americans with Disabilities Act protects individuals with a history of alcohol or substance abuse who are not currently abusing alcohol or using drugs illegally. The ABA supports the intent of the ADA.
The ABA will admit qualified applicants and candidates with a history of alcohol abuse to its examination system and to examination if, in response to its inquiries, the ABA receives acceptable documentation that they are not currently abusing alcohol.
The ABA will admit qualified applicants and candidates with a history of illegal use of drugs to its examination system and to examination if, in response to its inquiries, the ABA receives acceptable documentation that they are not currently engaged in the illegal use of drugs.
After a candidate with a history of alcohol abuse or illegal use of drugs satisfies the examination requirements for certification, the ABA will determine whether it should defer awarding its certification to the candidate for a period of time to avoid certifying a candidate who poses a direct threat to the health and safety of others. If the ABA determines that deferral of the candidate's certification is appropriate because the candidate does currently pose a threat to the health and safety of others, the ABA will assess the specific circumstances of the candidate's history of alcohol abuse or illegal use of drugs to determine when the candidate should write the Board to request issuance of its certification.

 

[24858]

guess i need to call, again negative on the drug abuse front. the aba also sent me the wrong aba certification number and had to give me another one, maybe that is the issue, geez this is driving me insane.

 

[periopdoc]

I am guessing that they think you have a training/ resident license for some reason. You will probably have to provide another copy of your unrestricted license with the date it went into effect pre-dating the exam date.

- pod

 

[Idiopathic]

I am guessing that they think you have a training/ resident license for some reason. You will probably have to provide another copy of your unrestricted license with the date it went into effect pre-dating the exam date.

- pod

huh? there is no training or resident license, you are either licensed or are not. nothing changes with your license once you graduate.

 

[okayplayer]

huh? there is no training or resident license, you are either licensed or are not. nothing changes with your license once you graduate.

We have limited licenses in my state as residents versus unrestricted licenses as attendings/once we have completed 2 or 3 years postgraduate training and passed step 3 and applied/paid for an unrestricted license.

 

[Idiopathic]

weird im reading about that now, i had no idea. here you just take step 3 and get your license after your intern year

 

[periopdoc]

In the State of Washington, where I trained, and I am certain in other states, there are full licenses and limited licenses. A full, unrestricted license is only granted after completion of 2 years of post-graduate training and passage of USMLE Step 3.

Prior to obtaining a full license, you must work under a limited license that is only good for duties relates to your training program.

A big problem that we ran into with our residents was that the ABA would not certify your written test results unless you held an unrestricted, full license PRIOR to taking the exam. More than one resident had to retake the written boards and delay their oral boards due to this problem. Hopefully the ABA has addressed this issue by now and will certify the results once one obtains his full license, but it wouldn't surprise me if they haven't.

- pod

 

[pgg]

I had training licenses in Virginia and Massachussets.

I also had an unrestricted license in North Carolina, which only required one year of postgraduate training, so timing re: my boards wasn't an issue.

I think more and more states are requiring 2 years of GME completed prior to issuing an unrestricted license, instead of just one.

 

[24858]

Spoke to board. It just means I was late getting my unrestricted medical license to the board like you all were saying. Man was that scary as hell.