A. To be
eligible for USMLE Step 3 or COMLEX-USA Level 3, applicant must have:
1. Obtained the degree of Medical Doctor
("M.D.") or Doctor Of Osteopathic Medicine ("D.O.); and,
2. Successfully completed both USMLE Steps 1
and 2 or COMLEX-USA Level 1 and 2.
B. To be eligible to sit for the USMLE Step 3
or COMLEX-USA Level 3, an applicant must be serving in, or have completed, one
year of postgraduate training in a program of graduate medical education
accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
("ACGME") of the American Medical Association ("AMA") or the American
Osteopathic Association ("AOA").
C.
An examinee who fails USMLE Step 3 or COMLEX-USA Level 3 may be reexamined at
any subsequent examination upon payment of the required fee.
D. In order to be eligible for licensure, an
applicant must successfully complete USMLE Steps 1, 2, and 3 or COMLEX-USA
Levels 1, 2, 3, within seven years of the date the applicant first sat for any
step of the USMLE or any level of the COMLEX, irrespective of whether the
applicant passed said step or level.
1. This
paragraph (D) shall not apply to applicants who are enrolled in a Ph.D. degree
program from a regionally accredited university simultaneously with an LCME
accredited medical degree program or an AOA accredited osteopathic degree
program. However, such Ph.D./M.D./D.O. applicants must have successfully
completed USMLE Steps 1, 2, and 3 or COMLEX-USA Levels 1, 2, and 3 within ten
years of the date the applicant first sat for any step of the USMLE or any
level of the COMLEX, irrespective of whether the applicant passed said step or
level.
2. Upon applicant's showing
of good cause, the Board may waive the time requirements set forth in this
paragraph (D). Any such waiver shall be based upon the circumstances relating
to the particular individual's application. The decision to grant or deny such
a waiver shall be in the sole discretion of the board.
E. The Board shall accept the minimum passing
score as recommended by the National Board of Medical Examiners for USMLE Step
3 and by THE National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners for COMLEX-USA
Level 3. Each USMLE step or COMLEX-USA level must be passed individually in
order to successfully COMPLETE the USMLE or COMLEX-USA examination. Individual
step or level scores shall not be averaged to compute an overall
score.
F. A failure of any USMLE
step or COMLEX-USA level, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the
examination was administered, shall be considered a failure of that step for
purposes of Colorado licensure and shall be considered for purposes of
determining compliance with the requirements of paragraph (D) above.
G. The USMLE examination is designed to
supersede and replace the FLEX examination and the National Board of Medical
Examiners' examination sequence ("NBME") over time.
1. For those medical students and physicians
who may have already successfully completed part of the FLEX or National Board
Examination sequence, the Board designates the following combinations of
examinations, and passing score for each, which shall be considered comparable
to the existing examinations. In order to meet the examination requirement for
licensure, the examination sequence combinations illustrated above must be
successfully completed no later than January 1, 2000.
NBME Part I (passing score = 75) or USMLE Step 1 (passing
score = 75)
NBME Part II (passing score = 75) or USMLE Step 2 (passing
score = 75)
NBME Part III (passing score = 75) or USMLE Step 3 (passing
score = 75)
Or
FLEX Component 1(passing score = 75)
plus
USMLE Step 3 (passing score = 75)
Or
NBME Part I (passing score = 75) or USMLE Step 1 (passing
score = 75)
plus
NBME Part II (passing score = 75) or USMLE Step 2 (passing
score = 75)
plus
FLEX Component 2 (passing score = 75)
2. For those applicants who successfully
completed the FLEX, the Board finds the following minimum scores required to
meet the requirements of section
12-240-110(1),
C.R.S.:
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DATE OF EXAM
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ACCEPTED SCORES
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Before June 1985
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75% weighted average; passed in one sitting; no
scrambling or replacement of scores.
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Between June 1985 and December 1993
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75 each component; both components must be passed
within 7 years
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Effective: 5/30/93; Revised:1/30/95; Revised: 5/30/95;
Revised: 12/1/95; Revised: 9/30/98; Revised 6/30/00; Revised 12/30/00; Revised
11/15/02, Effective 1/30/03; Revised 8/19/10, Effective 10/15/10; Revised
5/22/14, Effective 7/15/14; Revised 8/20/15, Effective 10/15/15
