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LIMITATIONS
Duration of Active Candidate status is limited.
Candidates who fail the subspecialty oral examination three times, or have not passed the subspecialty oral within four years of passing the basic oral examination, are required to take and pass the subspecialty written examination again before reapplying for the subspecialty oral examination.
Alternatively, if Diplomate status was achieved prior to passing the subspecialty written examination, the candidate must pass the subspecialty oral examination within five years of passing the subspecialty written examination.
PLEASE SEE THE SUMMARY OF DEADLINES AND FEES
APPEALS
Appeals of Oral Examination
At the completion of the oral examination, if a candidate believes the examination has not been conducted in a fair and unprejudiced manner, the candidate may request a second examination.
The request must be made within one hour of completion of the examination. To make a request, the candidate must phone the Board office (214-871-1619).
If the appeal is granted:
(a) a second examination will be provided at the next regularly scheduled annual subspecialty oral examination at no additional charge.
(b) the repeat examination will be conducted by an entirely different team of examiners, no one of whom shall have previously participated in an examination of the candidate.
(c) neither the questions nor the candidate's answers on the first examination will be known to or taken into account by the second group of examiners.
(d) the decision of the examiners conducting the second examination shall determine the results of the candidate's oral examination.
Other Appeals
Appeals from any action of the Board may be initiated by writing to the Executive Director within 90 days of notification of the action which is being appealed.
CERTIFICATION
A candidate who has passed the written and oral examinations will then be recommended by the specific division to The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology for subspecialty certification.
Final certification is by The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inc.
Certificates do not have unlimited duration of validity. All new certificates in the subspecialties bear a limiting date of a maximum of six (6) years, after which they are no longer valid.
Each individual must be evaluated again to receive a new certificate.
Certificates issued for the first time will be limited to the time which appears on the Diplomate's subspecialty certificate.
After this first combination, both the primary and subspecialty certificates will be time-limited to the same six (6)-year cycle.
REVOCATION OF DIPLOMA OR CERTIFICATE
1. All Candidates for Certification, Recertification and Maintenance of Certification and all physicians holding Diplomate Status MUST hold an unrestricted license to engage in the practice of medicine in all of the states and territories in which they are licensed, subject to the exceptions hereinafter specified.
a. A physician's license shall be deemed "restricted" for purposes of this policy if, as a result of final action by a State or other legally constituted Medical Board (hereinafter "State Medical Board"), the physician shall have:
(1) had his/her license revoked or surrendered his/her license in lieu of revocation;
(2) had his/her license suspended for a specified period of time or until specified conditions have been met and the suspension is no longer in effect;
(3) been placed on probation and the probationary period had not expired;
(4) been made subject to special conditions or requirements which are still in effect, (including, but not limited to, supervision, chaperoning during the examination of patients, additional training beyond that required of all physicians for the maintenance of licensure) and regardless of whether or not such conditions or requirements are imposed by order of the State Medical Board or are the result of a voluntary agreement between the physician and the State Medical Board.
b. Letters of concern or reprimand, not resulting in one of the stipulations which are enumerated in Section 1.a. of these requirements shall not be considered a restriction on the physician's license, even if such letters are made part of the physician's record. Likewise, a physician who has voluntarily entered into a rehabilitation program for chemical dependency or a practice improvement plan with the approval of a State Medical Board shall not be considered for purposes of this policy, to have a restriction on his/her license to practice medicine.
2. Consequences of License Revocation, Restriction or Surrender
a. Upon receipt of Notice that the license of a physician seeking to sit for initial Certification, Recertification or Maintenance of Certification has been revoked or restricted, as herein defined, such physician shall be disqualified from sitting for any ABOG Certifying Examination until such restriction has been removed or expires.
b. Upon receipt of Notice that a Diplomate's license has been revoked or restricted, as herein defined, the Board has the authority and may at its discretion, undertake proceedings, consistent with due process, to revoke his/her Diplomate Status.
Once revoked, the Diplomate Status of the physician shall be reinstated only after the revocation or restriction on his/her license has been removed or expires and then only on such terms as the Board deems appropriate, considering, among other things, the period of time the physician has not been able to engage in the unrestricted practice of medicine and his/her specialty.
c. Upon receipt of Notice that the license of a Candidate or Diplomate has been revoked or restricted under an order which nevertheless permits him/her to continue to practice medicine, the Board has the authority and shall at its discretion undertake proceedings, consistent with due process, to determine whether or not such restriction is of such nature and extent as to preclude consideration for initial Certification, Recertification or Maintenance of Certification until the revocation or restriction is removed.
In making such determination, the Board must evaluate such restrictions or revocations in accordance with preestablished standards, which are objective and non-discriminatory and are applied consistently and uniformly.
d. The Board shall require each Diplomate or any physician seeking to sit for initial Certification, Recertification or Maintenance of Certification to provide the Board with complete information concerning revocation or any and all restrictions placed on his/her license within sixty (60) days after its imposition. Such information shall include, but not be limited to, the identity of the State Medical Board imposing the restriction, as well as the restriction's duration, basis, and specific terms and conditions.
The Board shall also periodically review the database of the Federation of State Medical Boards, as appropriate and when available to identify any Candidates or Diplomates who have failed to disclose license restrictions in a timely manner. However, the Candidate or Diplomate has the affirmative obligation to advise the Board of all revocations or restrictions and to inform the Board when such restrictions or revocations expire or are otherwise removed.
Candidates or Diplomates who are discovered not to have made timely disclosure shall be required to show cause why their Candidate or Diplomate status should not be withdrawn, deferred or otherwise sanctioned and the Board may defer further consideration or reinstatement of Diplomate Status until such showing is satisfactorily made.
3. Each candidate, when making application, signs an agreement regarding disqualification or revocation of their diploma, certificate, or other evidence of qualification for cause. Disqualification or Diplomate revocation may occur whenever:
a. the physician shall not, in fact, have been eligible to receive the diploma or certificate, irrespective of whether or not the facts constituting such ineligibility were known to or could have been ascertained by this Board, its members, directors, examiners, officers, or agents at or before the time of issuance of such diploma or certificate;
b. any rule governing examination for a diploma or certificate shall have been violated by the physician but the fact of such violation shall not have been ascertained until after the issuance of his diploma or certificate;
c. the physician shall have violated the moral or ethical standards of the practice of medicine then accepted by organized medicine in the locality where the Diplomate is practicing and, without limitation of the foregoing, the forfeiture, revocation or suspension of their license to practice medicine, or the expulsion from, or suspension from the rights and privileges of membership in a local, regional or national organization of their professional peers shall be evidence of a violation of such standards of the ethical practice of medicine;
d. the physician shall fail to comply with the rules and regulations of this Board;
e. the issuance of, or receipt of such diploma, certificate or other evidence of qualification shall have been contrary to or in violation of the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws of this Board; and/or
f. the physician shall have violated any of "The Ethical Considerations in the Practice of Obstetrics and Gynecology" currently published by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and adhered to by the Board.
Upon revocation of any diploma or certificate by this Board as aforesaid, the holder shall return their diploma or certificate and other evidence of qualification to the Executive Director of the Board and their name shall be removed from the list of certified specialists.
RESPONSIBILITY OF CANDIDATE
It is the responsibility of the candidate to seek information concerning the current requirements for both basic certification as an obstetrician and gynecologist and for such subspecialty certification as may be of interest to the candidate.
THE BOARD (OR DIVISION) DOES NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR NOTIFYING A CANDIDATE OF THE IMPENDING LOSS OF ADMISSIBILITY TO AN EXAMINATION.
A physician, who is formally obligated to an approved residency or fellowship program and later breaks this contract may be required to provide an explanation satisfactory to the division and/or Board in order to establish credentials to take the examinations conducted by this Board.
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