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Special Instructions for Full-Time Clinical Trainee Applicants:

Institutional permits may be issued to postgraduate training programs approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, American Osteopathic Associate, or the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners for interns, residents, and post residency fellows.

Applicants who have graduated from a medical school approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or American Osteopathic Association must submit a completed application and fee 45 days prior to the beginning date of the program and certification by the director of medical education of the program that the internship, residency, or fellowship meets appropriate definition.

Institutional permits are issued for a one year period and may be renewed up to seven times depending upon the requirements of the physician's specialty training program.

Physicians holding an institutional permit must confine their practice of medicine to the teaching program. The permit may be cancelled if the permit is used to practice medicine outside the teaching program. Denial of a permanent Texas license is grounds for revoking or not issuing an institutional permit.

Information regarding the institutional permit application for international medical graduates is provided in the instructions for international students.

Fellowship Candidate Requirements Before the interview, a candidate for the fellowship program must have the following documents on file:

Completed Biographical Data form (please attach photograph).
Three letters of recommendation addressed to:
Director, Educational Programs
Division of Medicine - Box 92
Copy of doctoral diploma (M. D. or D. O. degree).
Certified transcript of medical school grades.

Before his/her period of appointment begins, a fellow must have the following documents on file:

Completed Immunization Record (and, if necessary, supporting documents).
Chest X-ray report (clear) and certificate of general good health (within 6 months of start of appointment).

Foreign medical school graduates must present all of the above-listed documentation AND the following:

Certified transcript of all college (pre-medical sciences, mathematics, and English) education.
Proof of eligibility to practice medicine in the country of the medical school from which the applicant graduated (foreign medical license).
Certification by the medical school dean of the applicant's graduation from medical school. (This certification must be on medical school letterhead affixed with the appropriate medical school seal).
Copy of valid ECFMG certificate issued in or after 1986.

If an applicant attended more than one foreign medical school, he/she must resent all the above-listed documentation AND the following:

A statement from all medical schools identifying all courses of study actually attended at the school's primary classroom facility.
Letters of reference from each physician who supervised training of the applicant that did not actually occur within the country where the medical school is located.
An explanation by all medical schools of all convalidation reflected on the applicant's medical school transcript to include identification of the other school and the course content.
Fifth Pathway certificate, if applicable.
All documents in a foreign language must be accompanied by a certified translation in English.

Special Instructions for International Medical Graduates

Medical Licensor Information Clinical trainees who do not have a Texas Medical License are required by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners to have an Institutional Permit to serve in a hospital. It should be kept in mind that an Institutional Permit, which is in lieu of a Texas Medical License, is only valid for practice within our institution. Writing prescriptions for non-M. D. Anderson patients is a felony. If you have been issued an institutional permit by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners for your parent program, that permit is valid for your elective rotation at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Institutional permits may be issued to postgraduate training programs approved by the Accreditation Council for Medical Education, American Osteopathic Associate, or the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners for interns, residents, and post residency fellows.

Applicants who have graduated from a medical school outside the United States or Canada must submit a completed application and fee 45 days prior to the beginning date of the program. In addition, the supporting institution is required to review the following original documents and certify the review to the TSBME as part of the application packet:

Medical school diploma and certified translation
Medical school transcript and certified translation
Currently valid ECFMG document
Dean's statement of attendance and graduation from medical school in good standing

The Board's executive director may, on a case by case basis, allow substitute documents where exhaustive efforts have been made to secure the required documents.

Institutional permits are issued for a one year period and may be renewed up to seven times depending upon the requirements of the physician's specialty training program.

Physicians holding an institutional permit must confine their practice of medicine to the designated teaching program. The permit may be cancelled if the permit is used to practice medicine outside the teaching program. Denial of a permanent Texas license is grounds for revoking or not issuing an institutional permit.

Download the application here.