Out-of-State Guidelines

Out-of-State Guidelines

Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Guidelines for Granting Credit for Ohio Hospital Residency Programs Participation toward the Five (5) Year Practice of Medicine Obligation in the Heritage College Out-of-State Admission Contract

These guidelines are created in order to help accomplish the legislative purpose in establishing the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and Section 3337.14 ORC and its purpose of providing primary care physicians to underserved areas in the state of Ohio.

Further, in recognition of this goal and to assist the osteopathic profession’s similar goal of providing primary care to Ohio citizens, credit will be provided for completed postgraduate medical education toward the five (5) year contractual obligation according to the following guidelines:

1. Primary Care: If a Heritage College graduate who has signed an out-of-state admission contract in order to be admitted to the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine completes a residency program in a primary care generalist discipline (family medicine, general internal medicine or pediatrics) in an accredited postgraduate program in the state of Ohio, (s)he will be eligible to apply for a waiver to receive credit for one and one half (1½) years for each year completed in the residency program, (provided that the entire residency program is completed in an accredited postgraduate program in the state of Ohio) toward their obligation to practice medicine full time for five (5) years in the state of Ohio. Graduates completing an accredited postgraduate internship in the state of Ohio prior to their primary care residency will be eligible to apply for one and one half (1½) years of credit for the completion of the internship. Upon approval of their waiver application, graduates completing both an accredited internship in the state of Ohio and an accredited residency in the state of Ohio (whether two or three years in duration) will be deemed to have fulfilled their five (5) year obligation to practice medicine in Ohio. Graduates completing an accredited three-year residency in the state of Ohio will likewise be granted full credit for their five-year obligation to practice medicine in Ohio. Graduates completing an accredited two-year residency in the state of Ohio will be granted three (3) years partial credit toward their five (5) year obligation to practice medicine in Ohio and will be allowed to “buy-out” the remaining years of the five (5) year obligation, according to the provisions of the out-of-state admissions contract signed upon admission to the college, There will be no credit granted for completion of only internship, and there will be no proration for partial completion of any postgraduate program. (The only exception considered would be the closure of an in-state program with no positions available with an accredited program in the state of Ohio.)
2. Specialty: If a Heritage College graduate who has signed an out-of-state admissions contract in order to be admitted to the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine completes a residency program in a specialty field other than primary care in an accredited postgraduate program in the state of Ohio, they will be eligible to apply for a waiver to receive credit for one (1) year for each year completed in the residency program in a specialty field (based on the entire residency program being completed in an accredited postgraduate program in the state of Ohio) toward their obligation to practice medicine full-time for five (5) years in the state of Ohio. Graduates completing an accredited postgraduate internship in the state of Ohio prior to their specialty residency will be eligible to apply for one (1) year credit for the completion of the internship. Upon approval of their waiver application, graduates competing an accredited postgraduate internship and residency that are both in the state of Ohio and at least five (5) years total in duration and graduates completing an accredited residency in the state of Ohio that is at least five (5) years in duration will be deemed to have fulfilled their five (5) year obligation to practice medicine in Ohio. If the entire completed postgraduate internship and specialty residency is less than five (5) years in duration, the graduate approved for a year waiver will be allowed to “buy out” the remaining year(s) of the (5) year obligation, according to the provisions of the out-of-state admissions contract signed upon admission to the college. There will be no credit granted for completion of only an internship, and there will be no proration for partial completion of any postgraduate program. (The only exception considered would be the closure of an in-state program with no positions available with an accredited program in the state of Ohio.)

Applicants who have completed the requirements of either (1) or (2) above should submit the attached application for waiver to the Office of Student Affairs, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, 018 Grosvenor Hall, Athens, OH 45701.

These guidelines will be in effect for all Heritage College graduates in training in accredited programs in the state of Ohio or enrolled at the Heritage College as of July 1, 2015.

If you are still working to complete your application for admission, please direct questions to Admissions.