Diplomate Specialization and Examination Regulations Article 2
A physician may receive specialist training only after completing postgraduate general clin-ical medical training (Post-Graduate Year Training, abbreviated as PGY and hereinafter re-ferred to as “PGY Training”) and obtaining a certificate of completion. However, the fol-lowing provisions shall apply under the respective circumstances specified below:1. A physician who, after the amendments to these Regulations took effect on June 11, 2010, completed the PGY Training prescribed in the PGY Training program announced at that time by the central competent authority shall be exempt from Articles 3 and 4.2. A current-year graduate of a baccalaureate Chinese medicine program with a double major in medicine shall undertake PGY Training in accordance with Article 6.