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A University of Minnesota program to help doctors from abroad retrain in the US has fallen victim to budget constraints. According to the Crookston Times, the cost of the program was $150,000. So far, three Somalian doctors have been retrained. The program was designed to help doctors in the US participate in a seven month intensive retraining program in order to get ready to re-enter a residency program and eventually qualify for licensure in Minnesota.

# posted by Greg Siskind @ 2:00 PM

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1. Openers

2. Ask Visalaw.com for Healthcare Workers

3. Health Care News Bytes

4. The ABC’s of Healthcare Immigration – Immigrant Visa Options for Nurses

5. USCIS Reverses Policy for Affiliation-Based H-1B Cap Exemption

6. Cuban Physicians Cannot Show Qualifications to Practice Medicine

7. FSBPT To Change Testing Options For Physical Therapy Graduates

8. Judge Rules NY Pharmacy Licensing Law Discriminates Against Nonimmigrants

9. Arizona Proposes Law Requiring Hospitals to Check Immigration Status

10. Transplant Patients Forced to Wait When Organ Donors Cannot Get Visas

11. Illegal Immigrant Kicked Out of Hospital

12. House Judiciary Committee Advances H-1C Nurse Bill

13. Chart Of Physical Therapist Licensing Requirements By State

14. State 30 Physician Waiver Chart

15. Physician National Interest Waiver Chart

# posted by Greg Siskind @ 1:58 PM

It's a small bill, but hopefully it is a sign of things to come. The House yesterday voted 407-17 in favor of HR 1933, a bill reviving the H-1C nurse visa, a visa category that sunset in 2009. The bill was sponsored by Lamar Smith, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee. H-1C visas are available to up to 300 nurses per year being sponsored to work in shortage areas designated by the US Department of Health and Human Services. The number of nurses being admitted was slashed from 500, but nurses would now be able to stay for up to six years (two three year terms).The bill now moves on to the Senate Judiciary Committee for consideration.

# posted by Greg Siskind @ 5:03 AM

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Program to Retrain Foreign Doctors in Minnesota Eliminated

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