2006-12-21 05:04:39 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
I meant a medical doctor in the US
2006-12-21 05:08:14 · update #1
Legally, yes. Practically, really only one situation you could do it.
There are no laws stating you cannot practice once you have done your internship year, which sometimes doesn't count as residency. However, a number of states are contemplating laws that will prevent doctors from practicing without completing a residency. However, there is one caveat. Unless you are employed by a licensed medical provider, like a hospital, you are not allowed to write prescriptions. So, good luck getting hired by a hospital without having a board-certified specialty, or good luck being a doctor without being able to write prescriptions.
There is one way though which most people don't know about. The military often has new doctors work a few years in the field before allowing them to participate in a residency program. So they are practicing doctors with all the priveledges before becoming a specialist. However, this is starting to change also, and if laws do get passed preventing this, it will be forced to change how it uses it's doctors.
2006-12-22 03:27:30 · answer #1 · answered by Tadgie1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course he/she could work, just not as a licensed physician. In order to become licensed in any state, the doctor must pass board exams, and is not eligible to take the final part of those exams until he/she has finished a year of residency.
Now, residency itself is a LOT of work, and most of us started our residencies right after medical school. So we work quite hard for not a lot of cash for many years as residents. Once we are about 30 years old, we can finally get a REAL job!
2006-12-21 18:35:14 · answer #2 · answered by Pangolin 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You get a temporary medical license when you graduate med school and begin residency. To get the permanent license you need to pass Step 3 of the USMLE exam. Typically you would take that exam during your internship year...
2006-12-22 20:04:07 · answer #3 · answered by theresa4104 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to get a license to practice medicine, you need to pass the USMLE step 3. In order to take that test you need be in (or already completed, i'm not sure) an internship (first year of residency).
So at the minimum you need one year of residency.
2006-12-21 13:23:03 · answer #4 · answered by neuron finder 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Technically, yes, once s/he has passed the state boards. Practically, no, because no one would hire them as a doctor. They could work someplace other than in medical practice though.
2006-12-21 13:07:04 · answer #5 · answered by Timothy S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not in the US...
They still have to be licensed and that requires some residency
2006-12-21 13:06:22 · answer #6 · answered by feanor 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A dentist can.
2006-12-21 13:06:31 · answer #7 · answered by brian 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Not legally.
2006-12-21 13:06:26 · answer #8 · answered by Melli 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No. If he does it would be illegal.
2006-12-21 13:08:21 · answer #9 · answered by openpsychy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋