Doctors would have to complete two years of training after medical school, instead of one year, to qualify for a regular medical license in Wisconsin under a bill introduced last week.

The requirement would apply to graduates of U.S. and foreign medical schools. Many states require one year of post- graduate training for graduates of U.S. medical schools but two or three years for graduates of foreign schools.

Wisconsin, by currently requiring one year for both, has become a dumping ground for a lot of bad physicians who want to get their foot in the American medical system, Dr. Sheldon Wasserman, former chairman of the Wisconsin Medical Examining Board, told the State Journal last year.

Dr. Kenneth Simons, the medical boards current chairman, could not be reached for comment Sunday.

The bill, introduced Friday by Rep. Erik Severson, R-Star Prairie, and Sen. Leah Vukmir, R- Wauwatosa , would increase the training requirement for all doctors. Severson is a doctor and Vukmir is a nurse.

Graduates of U.S. medical schools would have to complete two years of training or complete one year and be enrolled in a program in which the director says the doctor is expected to complete the second year.

Graduates of foreign medical schools would have to complete two years of training, and the most recent year would have to be in a single program.

Exceptions could be granted in cases of hardship. Existing license holders would not be affected by the new requirements.

The bill would also replace a temporary educational permit with a resident educational license for doctors in post- graduate training programs.

In addition, the bill would change requirements for visiting physician licenses and create an administrative physician license for doctors not practicing medicine.

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Bill would require doctors to complete more training to get license