Texas State Board of Medical Examiners

The Texas process is  one of the longest licensure processes in the 50 States. Most applicants can expect a 4 to 12 month process to occur before the license is issued. Foreign Medical Graduates will have to wait even longer. Application reviews are taking between 3 to 5  months to complete with the Texas Medical Board.

 All applications have to go through two different reviews. The first occurs once the application and all verifications are received by the Screen-CIC department. CIC clears the application to be assigned to a Licensure Specialist on the Texas Board. It typically takes 4 to 8 weeks to have all of the verifications forwarded to the Texas Board. Once all have been received then the application is then forwarded to the Licensure Specialist. The Licensure Specialist will then review the verifications to determine if they are properly completed by the third party. The Specialist typically will find one or two that are not properly completed and thus will require that the third party complete them again. At the same time the doctor is instructed to set up and take the Jurisprudence Examination. It typically takes 2 to 4 weeks for the application to be cleared by the Specialist if everything is in order.  The Board meets once every two months.  The process listed above entails everything being completed without any issues, mistakes, or errors.

The Jurisprudence Examination is a formal exam which does require some preparation by the Doctor.

Texas does have a 3 attempt limit and 7 year rule concerning the USMLE. However there are some exemptions and waivers which might apply. We recommend that you visit the Texas Medical Board's website (see the link below) to learn more about them: 

http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/professionals/physicians/applicants/examinations.php

If you haven't taken a Board Specialty Examination  ( www.abms.com ) in the past 10 years or a written board examination, SPEX, USMLE, LMCC, then you will be required to pass the SPEX examination.