Massachusetts Medical License Services for Physicians seeking to apply for a Medical License with the Massachusetts Medical Board

With the Massachusetts Medical Board, MedLicense.com is averaging 2 to 7 months for the issuance of a Massachusetts Medical License from the submission of the application to the Medical Board to the issuance of the Physician Massachusetts Medical License.

The Massachusetts Medical Board has a reputation for being one of the most difficult State Medical Boards in which to obtain a license. There is good cause for this but I believe that this reputation is overstated. First we will cover the process of licensing with the Medical Board of Massachusetts.

The process with Massachusetts Medical Board is unique in a couple of ways. First is the issue concerning communication with the Medical Board. The Medical Board does not communicate with any one but the physician. Communication is key in licensure. If you do not know what still remains as outstanding, then you cannot follow up with the required institutions to have Applications resubmitted. As such MedLicense.com has designed a system which allows us to communicate with Medical Board in keeping with the requirements of their law.

The second unique issue is their grievous Malpractice certification requirement. Irregardless of a physician's past Malpractice History, each physician has to have verified directly to the Massachusetts Medical Board the past 10 years of Malpractice History by the Malpractice Carrier. This doesn't sound like a big issue on the surface but it is. Often Carriers go out of business and their records are destroyed. If this has happened, the Massachusetts Board of Medicine will sit on the application until the records are located or found. No exceptions. We once had a physician with Zero Claims and a closed Carrier apply to the Massachusetts Medical Board. It took 2 years to locate the receivership who had the records in a storage facility in Texas. The Carrier was based in Pennsylvania before closing. We obtained the required letter 1 month before the Receivership in Texas shredded the files.

For International Medical School Graduates, Massachusetts adds additional burdens. A number of forms and documents have to be submitted by the Medical School do validate that their program is equivalent to U.S.A. based schools. These can be difficult to obtain from the Medical Schools. As such it delays the process further.

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Massachusetts Medical Board

All Applicants:

1 -All State Physician Licenses

2 -Medical School Transcripts & Form from School

3 -NPDB-HIPDB Report

4- Transcripts from all Colleges

5- 2 Years employment and privilege history

6- Internship/Residency/Fellowship Applications

7 - Reference Form from 1 Physicians

8- Malpractice certification for past 10 years

International Medical School Graduates:

1-ECFMG CVS Report (Foreign Medical School Graduates)

2- Additional Forms for Medical School Validation

Educational, Examination, and Training History Requirements:

- 1 year PGT Domestic Graduates

- 2 years PGT International Graduates

- USMLE step 3 has to be passed in 6 attempts

- USMLE has to be passed in a 7 year time frame

Applications and Applications with the Massachusetts Medical Board have a 6 month expiration time period from the date they are completed. The typical reason for delay with most applications concerns the certification of Malpractice History. All Physicians must have the malpractice company, insurance agency, or risk management office directly verify their coverage history for the past 10 years preceding the date of the application. All mail to the Massachusetts Medical Board has to be sent via Courier or Registered Mail. Loss of Mail is atrocious with the Massachusetts Medical Board and can cause significant delays. Licensure times vary from 2 to 7 months.