§453-4.5  Foreign medical graduates; alternative qualifications.  Notwithstanding section 453-4(b)(2)(B), a graduate of a foreign medical school who has passed the Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX) or the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), or a combination of these examinations as approved by the board, with scores deemed satisfactory to the board, passed the qualifying examination of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates prior to 1984, and has at least three years of medical training or experience in a hospital approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association for internship or residency may be licensed by the Hawaii medical board under section 453-4(c). [L 1988, c 133, §1; am L 1993, c 164, §2; am L 2008, c 9, §3]