Part Equivalency

Today is: December 7, 2019

Board & Staff

December 6, 2019
Scores for the October 2019 Part III CSE^® and ISE^® examinations have been posted online.
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November 8, 2019
Scores for the September 2019 Part III CSE and ISE examinations have been posted online.
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October 11, 2019
Scores for the September 2019 CPDO^® examination have been posted online.
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October 11, 2019
Scores for the August 2019 Part III CSE and ISE examinations have been posted online.
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September 27, 2019
Scores for the August 2019 Part I ABS^® examination have been posted online.
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August 9, 2019
Scores for the June 2019 Part III CSE, ISE and ACMO^® examinations have been posted online.
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July 10, 2019
Scores for the May 2019 Part III CSE and ISE examinations have been posted online.
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June 5, 2019
Scores for the April 2019 Part III CSE and ISE examinations have been posted online.
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May 10, 2019
Scores for the April 2019 Part II PAM^® and TMOD^® examinations have been posted online.
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May 10, 2019
Scores for the March 2019 Part I ABS examination have been posted online.
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May 3, 2019
Scores for the March 2019 Part III CSE and ISE examinations have been posted online.
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April 26, 2019
Scores for the March 2019 CPDO examination have been posted online.
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April 5, 2019
Scores for the February 2019 Part III CSE and ISE examinations have been posted online.
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April 1, 2019
Registration for the August 2019 Part I ABS examination is now available.
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March 18, 2019
Registration for the September 2019 CPDO examination is now available.
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March 8, 2019
Scores for the January 2019 Part III CSE and ISE examinations have been posted online.
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February 15, 2019
The NBEO has officially opened up LSPE^™ registration!
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February 8, 2019
Scores for the December 2018 Part III CSE and ISE examinations have been posted online.
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January 24, 2019
Scores for the December 2018 Part II PAM^® and TMOD^® examinations have been posted online.
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January 11, 2019
Scores for the November 2018 Part III CSE and ISE examinations have been posted online.
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January 08, 2019
The 2019 and 2020 Exam Calendars are now available to view online.
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Some candidates may have taken earlier formats of the National Board examination sequence. Consequently, the following equivalency statements apply to any candidate wishing to complete the current three-part sequence of the National Board Examinations, but who began the sequence under an earlier format.

Please note that section scores from different administrations may not be combined to derive an overall Part I, II, or III score or determine a pass-fail status.

Part I equivalency:
Pass both Parts I and II examinations administered prior to 1976.
or
Pass both Parts I and IIA examinations administered from 1976 through 1986.
or
Pass the Basic Science examination administered from 1987 through 2008.
or
Pass the Applied Basic Science examination administered from 2009 to the present.

Part II equivalency:
(including passing the TMOD^® component)

Pass the Part II examination administered prior to 1976, plus pass the TMOD^® examination administered since 1985.
or
Pass the Part IIB examination administered from 1976 through 1986, plus pass the TMOD^® examination administered since 1985.
or
Pass the Clinical Science examination administered from 1987 through 1992, plus pass the TMOD^® examination administered since 1985.
or
Pass the Clinical Science examination administered from 1993 through 2009, including the embedded TMOD^® examination.
or
Pass the Part II Patient Assessment and Management (PAM^®) examination administered from December 2009 to present, including the embedded TMOD^® examination.

Part III equivalency:
Pass the Part III examination administered from 1993 through 1999.
or
Pass the overall Part III Patient Care examination comprised of the Clinical Skills Exam (CSE^®) and the Patient Assessment and Management (PAM^®) examination administered from 1999 through 2009.
or
Pass the Part III Clinical Skills examination administered from 2010 to present.