Bill
SB 601
TO CREATE A PATHWAY FOR A GRADUATE OF A FOREIGN MEDICAL SCHOOL TO BE LICENSED IN THIS STATE IF HE OR SHE IS OFFERED FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT AS A PHYSICIAN FROM A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER.
2025 Regular Session
Introduced by Bart Hester and 1 co-sponsor
Arkansas law now allows foreign medical school graduates with full-time job offers to obtain physician licenses, potentially easing rural doctor shortages but raising patient safety and labor market concerns.
Notification that SB601 is now Act 971