The Kentucky Medical Board process is one of the more lengthy medical licensure processes in the USA. Unlike the majority of the Medical Boards, Kentucky mandates the use of FCVS for all physicians. For a physician who does not have a FCVS packet in place, a new packet will take 3 to 6 months to complete for Domestic Graduates. International Graduates typically take 3 to 9 months to complete the FCVS process due to the way that FCVS verifies International Medical Schools (through the ECFMG). FCVS is just one part of the puzzle for the Kentucky Medical Board. On top of the FCVS process, the physician will have to have directly verified 2 physician references, all employment/privileges for the past 5 years, AMA Profile, Fingerprint Background Checks, all State Medical Licenses (past and present), and complete a mandatory CME in HIV from an approved vendor.

The Kentucky Medical Board is not considered to be an "Adverse Medical Board". An Adverse Medical Board is one which takes an accusatory tone with the physician for issues which are non-issues. An example of an Adverse Medical Board is the Texas Medical Board and the North Carolina Medical Board.

A temporary license is available is no negatives are present in the Physician's application. The Temporary is only available once all Applications and items are received (with the exception of the Background Check from the FBI).