![]() The board shall establish the requirements to be accepted to take the revalidation examination that comprises the basic sciences. §§ 31-52d, the board shall establish, through regulation, the examinations that must be approved by the aspirants to obtain a surgeon’s or physician’s license who have taken their medical studies partially or entirely in a school that is not recognized by the board. Provided that, subject to the other applicable provisions in 20 L.P.R.A. The applicant must pass the revalidation examinations given by the board or the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), or any other equivalent examination. The board shall not accept the legality of a diploma, certificate or title if the school, university or college that issues it excused the aspirant from any subject included in the curriculum which was accepted by and registered with the Board. ![]() The board shall not recognize the legality of a title as physician or osteopath in cases in which the aspirant has not taken at least the last two years of the school’s official curriculum in the school of medicine that issues it. In the case of educational institutions operating in Puerto Rico, said curricula must be previously authorized by the Council on Higher Education. The applicant must have completed all academic studies for a career as a physician, surgeon or osteopath from a university whose curriculum is accepted by and registered with the Board of Medical Examiners (board). Every person wishing to obtain a license to practice medicine and surgery or of osteopathy must be of age and have resided uninterruptedly in Puerto Rico for a minimum of six months, excluding sporadic trips from the state for medical, business or pleasure purposes, and also excluding any trip from the country to study abroad in universities, colleges or medical schools. ![]() Under Puerto Rico law, provisions relating to regulation of physicians are provided under 20 L.P.R.A.
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