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Application Process Easier for Physicians
Medical License Direct provides medical licensing services to physicians who are seeking state medical
licenses in one or more states. Free up your time for other priorities by submitting either a paper or
online form and your application will be completed generally within a couple days.
We have the Florida Board of Medicine application on file in PDF format ready for professional completion;
a system that allows production of applications and third party verification forms almost instantly while
retaining personal information in a safe and confidential environment; and a state medical board
knowledge base that is extensive and updated frequently.
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or two during business hours.
We also offer a pre-qualification form for your convenience. Or, please click HERE for our paper or
online form and we'll get started right away.
Application Process Easier for Physicians
Medical License Direct provides medical licensing services to physicians who are seeking state medical
licenses in one or more states. Free up your time for other priorities by submitting either a paper or
online form and your application will be completed generally within a couple days.
We have the Florida Board of Medicine application on file in PDF format ready for professional completion;
a system that allows production of applications and third party verification forms almost instantly while
retaining personal information in a safe and confidential environment; and a state medical board
knowledge base that is extensive and updated frequently.
What our medical license service will do for you:
- Provide FREE initial pre-qualification and medical licensing consultation
- Research and prepare your Florida medical application
- Ship completed medical license application to you
- Send all verification requests and follow up to make sure the right people receive and process them
quickly - Provide continuous follow up and frequent board update reports until you're licensed.
That's it! Fast and easy.
Discounts are available for multi-state acquisitions.
Call, 850-623-1302, weekdays 7:30 am to 5:00 pm and Saturdays 9:00 to noon CST for a FREE initial
consultation or quote.
Or email your questions to info@medicallicensedirect.com and you can expect a reply within an hour
or two during business hours.
We also offer a pre-qualification form for your convenience. Or, please click HERE for our paper or
online form and we'll get started right away.
Florida has stepped up and made some major improvements...
MD LICENSURE IN FLORIDA
• Process
• Process Statistics
• Process Improvements B
PROCESS: FULL M.D. LICENSE
• Florida does not have an expedited process for M.D. applicants currently licensed in another state
(endorsement avenue) - they must meet similar requirements as those for an M.D. applicant who has recently
passed the USMLE and completed post graduate education (exam avenue). The Legislature requires a
thorough review of all of the 4,000 applications received each year by the Board office. For each application,
the following is required:
Typical delays:
• The license is issued within two weeks from the receipt of the last document needed to complete the
application. The Board ratifies the applicant at the next scheduled meeting. Board office accepts faxes, e-mails
and all applicants are provided with phone numbers to speak with a reviewer.
PROCESS STATISTICS
• The Board office processes applications on 11 different M.D. licensure avenues/programs annually. The two
largest avenues:
o Full Unrestricted License 3,000 applications per year
o Residents in training 1,100 application per year
• 113 days is the average processing time from the submission of the application to the date the unrestricted
license is issued. This includes a 6 to 8 week period to complete FBI fingerprint check. This is based on 562
licenses issued from June 14 - August 2, 2007 to applicants who did not have issues requiring appearance
before the Credentials Committee and did not require a 2nd FBI fingerprint background check.
• Why do some applications take less time than others? The single biggest delay: applicants who delayed
responding to Board office requests for additional information.
A SAMPLE OF RECENT PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS
• Winter, 2006: The Board approved streamlined application form eliminating unnecessary steps in the process
and reducing the number of personal appearances before the Credentials Committee. • Spring, 2007: The
Department upgraded 4 MD licensure staff positions/pay levels to reduce turnover.
• Summer 2007: The Board approved time-saving measure by allowing staff to issue a license with Board
ratification at next meeting. (saves an average of 2 - 4 weeks). . • Summer 2007: The office licensure unit
reorganized following employee and management study groups.
• Fall, 2007: The Board will have access to high speed special scanners to submit FBI finger print checks
digitally, at lower cost, with results returned within days not weeks!
Initial Licensure Fee Information
Total Fee: $552.00
Breakdown of fees:
Application - $500.00
Criminal Background fee - $52.00
Please note that application fee does not include the initial licensure fee.
Initial Licensure Fee Information
Licensure fees are separate from the application and examination fees. The Board of Medicine grants
licensure. Upon the Board's certification of an application for licensure, the applicant is notified of the licensure
fee and requisites for licensure that include affidavits related to: Financial Responsibility, HIV/AIDS, Dispensing
Practitioner Status and the NICA Assessment.
1. $429.00; ($424.00 biennial licensure fee - - this fee is not prorated; $5.00 Unlicensed Activity Fee)
2. Additionally, the Board, pursuant to sections 766.301 through 766.316, F.S., is required to collect on
initial licensure the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Assessment (NICA). Those
assessments are:
* Participating Physician - $5,000
* Non-Participating Physician - $250
Note: If you qualify for a NICA Exemption, no additional assessment is required.
3. Financial Responsibility is malpractice insurance as defined by Florida Statutes.
4. HIV/AIDS CME CREDITS -- a minimum of three hours, AMA Category I Continuing Medical Education,
which consist of education which include the topics of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome: the disease and its spectrum of clinical manifestations; epidemiology of the disease;
treatment, counseling, and prevention; transmission from healthcare worker to patient and patient to healthcare
worker; universal precautions and isolation techniques; and legal issues related to the disease which meet the
requirements of Chapter 456.033, Florida Statutes, and Rule 64B8-13.006, F.A.C.
5. Section 456.031, Florida Statutes, requires as a condition of licensure that each person licensed or
certified under chapter 458, F.S. to complete either a 1-hour continuing education course or allows up to 6
months to complete a course on Domestic Violence. The course shall be approved by any State or Federal
Government Agency, or Professional Association including any provider of Category I or II American Medical
Association continuing medical education, home study courses approved by the above agencies will be
acceptable.
NICA Exemptions:
* Resident physicians, assistant resident physicians and interns in postgraduate training programs approved
by the Board of Medicine
* Retired physicians who maintain an active license, but who have withdrawn from the practice of medicine
* Physicians who hold a limited license, as defined by Chapter 458, F.S., who do not receive any
compensation for medical services
* Physicians employed full-time by the Veterans Administration whose practice is confined to VA hospitals
* Any licensed physician on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States
* Physicians employed full-time by the State of Florida whose practice is confined to state-owned correctional
institutions and state-owned mental health facilities
MD LICENSURE IN FLORIDA
• Process
• Process Statistics
• Process Improvements B
PROCESS: FULL M.D. LICENSE
• Florida does not have an expedited process for M.D. applicants currently licensed in another state
(endorsement avenue) - they must meet similar requirements as those for an M.D. applicant who has recently
passed the USMLE and completed post graduate education (exam avenue). The Legislature requires a
thorough review of all of the 4,000 applications received each year by the Board office. For each application,
the following is required:
- FBI fingerprint background check. This takes 6-8 weeks, but it can take longer if the print is not accepted
by the FBI and a repeat is ordered. - Verification of core credentials:
- age.
- premedical education.
- medical education.
- ECFMG certification.
- postgraduate training.
- examination.
- medical licenses in other states.
Typical delays:
- missing supporting documentation.
- date discrepancies.
- application responses requiring further explanation and verification.
- for some, a personal appearance before the Board’s Credentials Committee to explain any issues raised
in the application process. - background checks with “hits.”
• The license is issued within two weeks from the receipt of the last document needed to complete the
application. The Board ratifies the applicant at the next scheduled meeting. Board office accepts faxes, e-mails
and all applicants are provided with phone numbers to speak with a reviewer.
PROCESS STATISTICS
• The Board office processes applications on 11 different M.D. licensure avenues/programs annually. The two
largest avenues:
o Full Unrestricted License 3,000 applications per year
o Residents in training 1,100 application per year
• 113 days is the average processing time from the submission of the application to the date the unrestricted
license is issued. This includes a 6 to 8 week period to complete FBI fingerprint check. This is based on 562
licenses issued from June 14 - August 2, 2007 to applicants who did not have issues requiring appearance
before the Credentials Committee and did not require a 2nd FBI fingerprint background check.
• Why do some applications take less time than others? The single biggest delay: applicants who delayed
responding to Board office requests for additional information.
A SAMPLE OF RECENT PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS
• Winter, 2006: The Board approved streamlined application form eliminating unnecessary steps in the process
and reducing the number of personal appearances before the Credentials Committee. • Spring, 2007: The
Department upgraded 4 MD licensure staff positions/pay levels to reduce turnover.
• Summer 2007: The Board approved time-saving measure by allowing staff to issue a license with Board
ratification at next meeting. (saves an average of 2 - 4 weeks). . • Summer 2007: The office licensure unit
reorganized following employee and management study groups.
• Fall, 2007: The Board will have access to high speed special scanners to submit FBI finger print checks
digitally, at lower cost, with results returned within days not weeks!
Initial Licensure Fee Information
Total Fee: $552.00
Breakdown of fees:
Application - $500.00
Criminal Background fee - $52.00
Please note that application fee does not include the initial licensure fee.
Initial Licensure Fee Information
Licensure fees are separate from the application and examination fees. The Board of Medicine grants
licensure. Upon the Board's certification of an application for licensure, the applicant is notified of the licensure
fee and requisites for licensure that include affidavits related to: Financial Responsibility, HIV/AIDS, Dispensing
Practitioner Status and the NICA Assessment.
1. $429.00; ($424.00 biennial licensure fee - - this fee is not prorated; $5.00 Unlicensed Activity Fee)
2. Additionally, the Board, pursuant to sections 766.301 through 766.316, F.S., is required to collect on
initial licensure the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Assessment (NICA). Those
assessments are:
* Participating Physician - $5,000
* Non-Participating Physician - $250
Note: If you qualify for a NICA Exemption, no additional assessment is required.
3. Financial Responsibility is malpractice insurance as defined by Florida Statutes.
4. HIV/AIDS CME CREDITS -- a minimum of three hours, AMA Category I Continuing Medical Education,
which consist of education which include the topics of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome: the disease and its spectrum of clinical manifestations; epidemiology of the disease;
treatment, counseling, and prevention; transmission from healthcare worker to patient and patient to healthcare
worker; universal precautions and isolation techniques; and legal issues related to the disease which meet the
requirements of Chapter 456.033, Florida Statutes, and Rule 64B8-13.006, F.A.C.
5. Section 456.031, Florida Statutes, requires as a condition of licensure that each person licensed or
certified under chapter 458, F.S. to complete either a 1-hour continuing education course or allows up to 6
months to complete a course on Domestic Violence. The course shall be approved by any State or Federal
Government Agency, or Professional Association including any provider of Category I or II American Medical
Association continuing medical education, home study courses approved by the above agencies will be
acceptable.
NICA Exemptions:
* Resident physicians, assistant resident physicians and interns in postgraduate training programs approved
by the Board of Medicine
* Retired physicians who maintain an active license, but who have withdrawn from the practice of medicine
* Physicians who hold a limited license, as defined by Chapter 458, F.S., who do not receive any
compensation for medical services
* Physicians employed full-time by the Veterans Administration whose practice is confined to VA hospitals
* Any licensed physician on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States
* Physicians employed full-time by the State of Florida whose practice is confined to state-owned correctional
institutions and state-owned mental health facilities
Effective October 1, 2007, the Division of Medical Quality
Assurance will begin scanning fingerprint cards and
electronically submitting fingerprints to the FDLE/FBI for
background screening. The FDLE/FBI fee is reduced to $47.00.
Assurance will begin scanning fingerprint cards and
electronically submitting fingerprints to the FDLE/FBI for
background screening. The FDLE/FBI fee is reduced to $47.00.