Idaho’s first-ever medical school approved by state board

Idaho’s top elected officials and medical leaders unveiled a partnership Thursday in order to launch the state’s first ever private medical school, but the leading physician’s group in the state expressed concern about the plan.

The Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine will be a privately funded for-profit medical school with the capacity to have up to 150 a year starting in 2018, with the hope of creating more doctors for rural Idaho. The college will be affiliated with Idaho State University at its Meridian campus.

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and REBECCA BOONE

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