Georgia Medical License Services | MedLicense

The Georgia Medical Board has a one of the slowest licensing processes in the USA. Due to internal issues, the Georgia Medical Board is experiencing very extended licensure time frames. Their process taking between 4 to 12 months from the time the application is filed to the date where the licese is issued.  

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The issue with Georgia is two fold:

1. The majority of the GA Staff Members are unresponsive to update requests
2. GA changed their reference form reporting requiring that the references email the forms directly to a General Email at the GA Board, without copying any one else to to prove that the reference form has been emailed. So the GA Board is in essence unaccountable when it come to receipt of the 3 required Physician References. As such, the Staff continually state that the references are missing, even though they are not. And now recently, the Board changed their rules concerning References once again to make the process even more difficult and to reduce the Board's accountability when it comes to moving applications through the licensure process. The Reference Doctor's (not the applicants) now have to individually register with the GA Board and then once registered, upload the required reference form to the GA Board. And of course, no one at the GA Board pulls these uploads and places them in the doctor's file. So the applicant Doctor is continually informed (when they actually get a response from their analyst) that the References are missing.

The licensure process with Georgia is essentially broken. The only way a practictioner can move the process forward, is to either:

1. Physically visit the Board and request to see His/her file. When this happens, the Board "discovers" that all require verifications are in the file and they typically issue the license right then   OR
2. Have their prospective employer contact the Governor's Office,  GA State Senator, or House Rep to call the Board to find out why they are delaying the physician's application

IMLC Participation

Georgia is a Sponsoring Member of the IMLC Compact Licensure System. If you qualify for participating in the IMLC Compact then we can license you in Georgia through that system. Georgia has kept some of their verification requirements for the IMLC Compact System. The IMLC licensing process with Georgia does not follow the required 60 day application process as most other Boards follow. The IMLC process with GA can run up 3-12 months. This is due for the same issues mentioned above.

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IMG's with only 1 year of approved ACGME Training

Georgia is one of a few State Medical Boards which only requires 1 year of approved ACGME Training in an Internshp/Residency/Fellowship for International Medical School Graduates. In order to qualify, the Foreign Medical School must be listed on the "Approved List" of the California Medical Board.  If the physician had issues during training which caused them to not move on to complete PGY 2, then the Georgia Medical Board can require additional competiency training through the PACE Program, an Internship at the teaching hospital of the Board's choice, or both ( at the physicians expense ) before issuing the license.

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