NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 22, 2010, the Board of Medicine has issued an order.
The Petition for Waiver and/or Variance was filed on behalf of Samantha Lindsay, M.D., on December 15, 2009, seeking a waiver or variance from Rule 64B8-4.018, F.A.C., with regard to the requirement that each applicant for a Florida medical license who is an international medical graduate successfully complete core clerkships in medicine, surgery, obstetrics- gynecology and pediatrics at a hospital affiliated with a medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or at a hospital which had a residency program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The Notice was published in Vol. 35, No. 51, of the Florida Administrative Weekly, on December 24, 2009. The Credentials Committee, at its meeting held on February 4, 2010, recommended that Petitioner’s request for waiver or variance be granted. The Board, at its meeting held on February 6, 2010, accepted the Committee’s recommendation and voted to grant the Petition for Waiver finding that the Petitioner demonstrated a substantial hardship, met the purpose of the underlying statute, and that application of the rule would violate the principles of fairness.
A copy of the Order may be obtained by contacting: Board of Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C03, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3053.