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Updated 01/23
An applicant who graduated/will graduate from a non-LCME accredited international medical school
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participate in a medical residency/fellowship training program in New York State
This New York State Department of Health rule requires that an individual who graduates
from a non-LCME accredited international medical school may not train in New York State if his/her
medical school education includes >12 weeks of clinical clerkship rotations outside of the country in
which his/her medical school is located, unless the individual is eligible for licensure under New York
State Education Law §6528 (available here and below)1.
Exceptions for Approved non-LCME International Medical Schools
The New York State Education Department has approved certain non-LCME international medical
schools to meet the criteria for residency training in New York State (available here under the heading
and below2).
Please contact UBGMEHR@buffalo.edu if you have questions about the 12-week rule and your
eligibility to apply to New York State residency/fellowship programs.
Please be advised that failure to answer truthfully to the question below could be grounds for
termination from your residency/fellowship program.
I graduated/will graduate from an LCME-accredited medical school in the United States and am
eligible to apply to this residency program.
I graduated/will graduate from a non-LCME international medical school and have completed MORE
THAN 12 weeks of medical school clerkship outside the country of my medical school, but my school is
on the exceptions list. I am eligible to apply to this residency program.
I graduated/will graduate from a non-LCME international medical school and completed LESS THAN
12 weeks of medical school clerkship outside the country of my medical school. I am eligible to apply
to this residency program.
I graduated/will graduate from a non-LCME international medical school and have completed MORE
THAN 12 weeks of medical school clerkship outside the country of my medical school. My school is not
the exceptions list, therefore I am not eligible to apply to this residency program.
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