(1) An applicant for licensure by reciprocity or endorsement must have successfully passed an examination deemed essentially equivalent to the examination given by the board. The examination given by the licentiate medical county of Canada is deemed essentially equivalent to that given by the board.

(2) An applicant for licensure by reciprocity may be required, in the discretion of the board, to take an examination after the board has examined the application, the diploma of the applicant and all other information received.

(3) An applicant who has once failed the examination in Montana will not be granted a license by reciprocity on credentials from another state or from a national board.

(4) Licensure by reciprocity is in the discretion of the board, after a full examination of all documents received.