{"id":10095,"date":"2026-06-02T14:19:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=10095"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:19:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:19:30","slug":"a-new-proposal-to-the-fda-should-clinical-ai-be-licensed-like-physicians-instead-of-regulated-as-a-medical-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/a-new-proposal-to-the-fda-should-clinical-ai-be-licensed-like-physicians-instead-of-regulated-as-a-medical-device\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Proposal to the FDA: Should Clinical AI Be Licensed Like Physicians Instead of Regulated as a medical device?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A New Proposal to the FDA: Should Clinical AI Be Licensed Like Physicians Instead of Regulated as a medical device?<\/span><\/p>\n

A new JAMA article proposes that advanced clinical AI may eventually require physician-like licensing rather than traditional FDA software regulation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The proposal includes:<\/span>
\n\u2022 AI should pass medical licensing exams similar to the USMLE and specialty board-like exams<\/span>
\n\u2022 \u201cSpecialty\u201d-specific certification<\/span>
\n\u2022 Supervised \u201cresidency-like\u201d training program<\/span>
\n\u2022 Time-limited licensing with periodic recertification<\/span><\/p>\n

Example:AI could help collect patient history and suggest next steps, but would not prescribe medications independently.<\/span><\/p>\n

The broader message:<\/span>
\nAdvanced clinical AI may eventually be regulated more like supervised healthcare professionals than simple software.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: JAMA Opinion Article (covered by HealthExec)<\/span>
\nPublished: May 23, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/healthexec.com\/topics\/artificial-intelligence\/licensing-clinical-ai-its-doctor-3-medical-leaders-issue-6-step-call<\/a>
\nLink:<\/span>https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A New Proposal to the FDA: Should Clinical AI Be Licensed Like Physicians Instead of Regulated as a medical device? A new JAMA article proposes that advanced clinical AI may eventually require physician-like licensing rather than traditional FDA software regulation. The proposal includes: \u2022 AI should pass medical licensing exams similar to the USMLE and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10096,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10095\/revisions\/10096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}