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...minutes students typically have for the entire exam. Currier cannot graduate from the Medical School or begin her scheduled residency until she passes the eight-hour licensing exam. The case has gone through seven appeals since Currier first filed suit Sept. 6 against the National Board of Medial Examiners (NBME), which sets the rules for the exam. While the court order applies only to Currier, NBME spokesman Ken Cotton said that the organization would study their policy on time allowance for breast-feeding in light of the ruling and that the committee that sets testing rules “will...
Judge Gary S. Katzmann of the Massachusetts Appeals Court ordered the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) to grant the sought-for break time to Sophie C. Currier, an MD-PhD student at Harvard Medical School (HMS) currently nursing a five-month-old infant...
...NBME spokeswoman Carol Thompson said the board was appealing the ruling in order to “maintain fairness for all examinees and the integrity of the test...
Katzmann’s opinion overturned a decision last week by Judge Patrick F. Brady of Norfolk Superior Court, who ruled in favor of the NBME...
...NBME previously agreed to grant Currier a second day of test time because she has dyslexia and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, conditions it considers covered...