APPROVED, UNAPPROVED and
DISAPPROVED MEDICAL SCHOOLS

K.S.A. 65-2873 requires an applicant for a license to practice medicine and surgery to have
graduated from a school approved by the Board. If the school has not been approved by the
Board, an applicant may still be eligible for a license if the school has not been disapproved and
has been in operation (date instruction started) for not less than 15 years.

Schools approved by the Board are:

1. All schools accredited by the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME) www.lcme.org
2. Universidad Autonom deGuadelajura - Mexico
3. Aga Khan - Pakistan
4. American University of the Caribbean - St. Maarten (prior to 1995 this school was located in Montserrat)
5. SABA University - Netherlands (For graduates who matriculated at the school from and after January 1, 2002)
6. Ziauddin Medical School - (Temporarily approved from 7-1-08 through 6-30-11 for Postgrad permits only)
7. Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences - (Temporarily approved from 7-1-08 through 6-30-12 for Postgrad permits only)

Schools unapproved (neither approved or disapproved) by the Board are:

1. SABA University - Netherlands (For graduates who matriculated at the school before 2002)

No applicant from a school disapproved by the Board is eligible for licensure. Schools that have been disapproved by the Board are:

1. UTESA (Universidad Tecnologica De Santiago), Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic (Board Decision 8-14-99)
2. UNIREMHOS - (University of Eugenio Marie De Hostos), Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic - closed 1998 - (Board Decision 8-14-99)
3. St. Matthew's University, British West Indies (Board Decision 10-10-06)
4. Universidad C.E.T.E.C., Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - closed 1984 - (Board Decision 4-13-12)
5. Universidad C.I.F.A.S. Escuela de Medicina, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - closed 1984 - (Board Decision 4-13-12)
6. Universidad Mundial Dominicana Escuela de Medicina (World University), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - closed 1991 - (Board Decision 4-13-12)
7. Spartan Health Sciences University School of Medicine, Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia (Board Decision 4-13-12)
8. University of Health Sciences Antigua School of Medicine, St. John's,  Antigua and Barbuda (Board Decision 4-13-12)
9. Unversidad Federico henriquez y Carvajal (UFHEC), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - closed 1998 - (Board Decision 4-13-12)
10. Kigezi International School of Medicine, Cambridge, England and Kabale, Uganda (Board Decision 4-13-12)

Note: Pursuant to K.A.R. 100-6-3(d)(3), If any school previously approved is subsequently disapproved by the board, the disapproval shall not disqualify any physician temporarily or permanently licensed in Kansas with respect to the license then held. For purposes of this regulation, any person holding a current and valid temporary permit issued by the board without disclaimer, conditions, or restriction on it, and who applies for and satisfies all requirements for full licensure shall not be disqualified if the program that served as the basis for that person's licensure is subsequently disapproved.

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