Tennessee Medical License Services for Physicians & Doctors seeking to apply for a Medical License with the Tennessee Medical Board

With the Tennessee Medical Board, MedLicense.com is averaging 2 to 3 1/2 months for the issuance of a Tennessee Medical License from the submission of the application to the Medical Board to the issuance of the Physician Tennessee Medical License.

The Tennessee 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 Tennessee.

The Tennessee Medical Board requires that each Physician submit a set of Fingerprint cards or travel to Tennessee to participate in the LiveScan process. MedLicense.com highly recommends that the Physician travel to Tennessee to complete the LiveScan process instead of submitting Fingerprint Cards. Why? Fingerprint cards take 2 to 3 months to process. The license will not be issued until the report is returned to the Medical Board of Tennessee by the FBI. 25% of the Cards are rejected by the FBI because the prints are smudged, low quality, or indistinguishable. If this happens then new cards have to be submitted and the process is extended another 2 to 3 months. However with the LiveScan process, the report is returned to the Medical Board of Tennessee 3 days after the Scan takes place. We have handled 400 Tennessee Applications since 2003 and not one has been rejected or required to be re-submitted.

Tennessee only communicates via their "blue" Letter. This letter is suppose to be sent out once a week but actually a Physician might get 2 or 3 during the process. Communication is key to the process and as such we usually have to make several attempts per week to get someone on the line at Tennessee who will provide a list of what Applications remain outstanding.

Tennessee is considered an "Adverse Board". An Adverse Board is a Medical Board that tends to obsess over negative issues. A physician is typically guilty until proven innocent with this type of Medical Board. Issues which other Boards will not have a problem with, Tennessee tends to be more aggressive with. Malpractice typically is not considered adverse by Medical Boards. Probations, Board Actions, Arrests, and Disciplinary Actions are what we consider to be Adverse Actions.

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Tennessee Medical Board

All Applicants:

1 -All State Physician Licenses

2 -ECFMG CVS Report (Foreign Medical School Graduates)

3 -Medical School Transcripts

4 -2 Physician Reference Letters

5- Internship/Residency/Fellowship Applications

6- Fingerprint Cards/Background checks

7- Medical School Entrance Requirements - for International Medical Schools

Educational, Examination, and Training History Requirements:

- 1 year PGT Domestic Graduates

- 3 years PGT International Graduates

- USMLE steps - No attempt Limits

- USMLE has to be passed in a 7 year time frame unless licensed and in good standing in three other jurisdictions

Tennessee places a 90 expiration date on all applications. In other words, if the file is not completed within 90 days then the physician has to start over from scratch.