Florida Medical License Services | MedLicense
The Florida Medical License process with MedLicense.com is averaging 60 - 90 Days (from the Florida Medical Board application submission to issuance). Our firm has licensed over 2500 Physicians in Florida since April 2000. In an average year, MedLicense.com will handle between 120 to 150 FL License Applications. We understand the process and can streamline the licensing experience for you. Both USA Graduate or a Graduate of a Foreign Medical School will benefit from our FL Med License Service.
MedLicense.com can move this arduous process through within a time period that will meet you needs. Your involvement in the process is kept to a minimum. The fee for our services is a one time payment of $739 (if you are practicing) or $579 (in training). Our packet is shipped to you after a 5-10 min consultation. Sign, notarize, and proof your application packet and then return it to MedLicense.com with the requested copies, photos, and addendums. Then MedLicense.com will forward the completed Medical License Application to the Florida Medical Board. Then the verification process and the required follow up with the third parties begins. Typically, within 2 to 3 months, the license is issued.
Need help completing your Florida medical license application? MedLicense can help manage the paperwork, credential verification, and follow-up process from start to finish.
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Additional Florida Medical Board Licensing Information:
The FL Med Board has changed the examination requirements for Physicians (MD). In the past the Florida Board had a Seven Year Limit on passing all 3 Steps of the USMLE. Recently the Board changed the rule to Unlimited on Attempts and Unlimited on the number of years it took to pass all 3 Steps of the USMLE. The Florida Medical Board has no limits on attempts and no limits on Years.
Florida does not accept the LMCC Canadian Medical Exam. It is one of 6 States that does not.
All physicians are required to have practiced medicine 2 of the last 4 years in order to qualify for the Medical License. If you have not practiced medicine 2 of the last 4 years, then Florida typically will request that the Doctor pass the SPEX Examination.
The Florida Medical Board does not license D.O. Degreed Physicians. Osteopathic Physicians are licensed by the Florida Osteopathic Medical Board. Information about the Florida Osteo Board can be found at our Florida Osteopathic Medical License link.
IMLC Compact Participation:
The Florida Medical Board IS a member of the IMLCC Compact Licensure System.
Florida Mobile App Changes
Effective 01/01/2025, Florida implemented rule changes which essentially banned a large portion of practitioners from licensing in the State out side of the IMLC Compact System. In essence, if a physician had a malpractice payment, Board Action, or Hospital Action, they would in essence be denied a license. Any report to the NPDB-HIPDB would result in an automatic denial if they Physician did not apply through the IMLC Compact.
Then in June 2025, the rule was changed (HB 1299) to allow doctors to apply who had NPDB-HIPDB reports as long as the issue with the NPDB-HIPDB did not constitute a violation of Florida Law or Rules prior to the Mobile Act's implementation.
Under the new rule change, the physician would be informed that they may not be eligible under the Mobile Act and could either withdraw the application or request that it be considered by the Florida Board. If the physician has a malpractice claim on the NPDB-HIPDB and requests that the Board move forward with the process, then the application is presented before the Credentials Committee at the next available meeting.
If they have a report on the NPDB-HIPDB that is not related to Malpractice - of any other nature. The application will be submitted to the vice chair of the Credentials Committee for advisement. The vice chair will then determine if the applicant is eligible for licensure or request an appearance as well. At the meeting the Board would:
- Approve the application;
- Approve the application with restrictions on the scope of practice;
- Approve the application with a period of probation and subject to conditions (such as requiring the applicant to submit to treatment, attend continuing education or submit to re-examination); or
- Deny the application
*** 11/6/25 - We just had our first physician request that Florida continue his application even though he has 2 malpractice settlements. The Board has put him on the February Full Board Meeting Agenda. Every so often, the State of Florida passes laws which keep qualified physicians out of the State. We saw this last in 2004 when the Florida Bar Association declared war on the Florida Medical Association and had a Constitutional Amendment passed which automatically revoked any physician who had 3 Malpractice Court Judgments after October 2004. Physicians with 3+ out of court settlements were be not impacted by the Amendment.