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DEA Registered-Practitioners Dear Registrants: On December 29, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 enacted a new one-time, eight-hour training requirement for all Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-registered practitioners on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders. Below is information on this new requirement. Who is responsible for satisfying this…
Did you take a State Board Examination in lieu of FLEX, NBME, NBOME or the USMLEs? If so, you will need to jump through a few hoops before the Florida Board of Medicine will issue a medical license to you. If you are currently licensed in the U.S. or Canada and have actively practiced pursuant…
If you are a physician who has difficulty getting verification of past or present employment or staff privileges or if you’re just in a hurry to get a medical license; this article is for you. Often times, the states that require verification of employment and/or staff privileges are the ones that take the longest to…
Many states have rules regarding the number of times an applicant is allowed to take a qualifying examination such as NBME, NBOME, FLEX, or USMLE. If it took you several tries you need to pay special attention to each state’s rules which vary greatly from state to state.
SPEX is the Special Purpose Examination. It is a computerized, multiple-choice examination of current knowledge requisite for the general, undifferentiated practice of medicine. The examination is intended for physicians who hold or have previously held a medical license in the US or in Canada.
The FCVS is the Federation Credentials Verification Service. They are a division of the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB).
As part of the medical license application process, many state medical boards, Indiana and Alaska to name a few, require certified to be true copies of your medical school diploma, postgraduate training certificate, birth certificate, specialty board certificates, etc.
Many state medical boards require an AMA Profile from the American Medical Association or AMA. The AMA will be able to provide a profile even if you are not an AMA Member.