With the Texas Medical Board, MedLicense.com is averaging  3  to 5 months for the issuance of a Texas Temporary Medical License from the submission of the application to the Medical Board to the issuance of the Temporary License. The Full Physician Texas Medical License typically is issued after 3 to 6 months.

The Texas Medical Board has one of the most difficult State Medical License processes in the USA. It is a paradox though because the certification work load is light in comparison to many other Medical Boards. What the Texas Medical lacks in primary source certification requirements, it makes up for in Bureaucracy. With Texas, unlike other State Medical Boards, there are two separate processes which have to be cleared. The first is the CIC-Screen process. Once an application is submitted to the Texas Medical Board, the Applications are then requested, pursued, and delivered to the Texas Medical Board. After receiving the required Applications, Fingerprint Cards, and Jurisprudence Examination, the application is then forwarded to the Licensure Department of the Texas Medical Board. The time it takes for an application to clear CIC-Screen typically runs 45 to 60 days. Unfortunately, CIC-Screen does not review the Applications for quality. As such many Applications are delivered to the Licensure Department of Texas without notifying the physician that there are problems with the Applications. What makes Texas much less efficient in processing applications is the fact that CIC-Screen does not review the Applications and application for issues, errors, or omissions. No other Medical Board has this second step. States which have a much higher certification requirement (i.e. District of Columbia, Arizona, Missouri, Virginia, etc) can see Medical Licenses issued in 30 to 60 days from the submission of the application to the issuance of the license. The Texas Medical Board simply cannot issue a license within that time frame due to the 2 tiered review.

Once the Licensure Department receives the application from CIC-Screen, the "Licensure Investigator" reviews the application and Applications. Typically omissions and errors are found in the Applications received and the application is then put on hold until the physician is able to have resubmitted the Applications which were rejected, and request for the first time any Applications, statements, and explanations which are needed to satisfy the "Licensure Investigator's" requests. Once all items have been received by to fulfill the requests of the Licensure Investigator, the application is then presented to the Full Medical Board at the next meeting. This happens every two months. If the physician desires a Temporary License, it is available at this point. Texas charges a fee of $100 + for the Temporary License. 

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