DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (D.C.) STATE MEDICAL LICENSE

A licensing advocate will do the following tasks:

• Check your educational and work history from Undergraduate School to date
• Verify your credentials with contacts in the relevant D.C. Medical Board database including schools, hospitals, and training institutions/programs
• Check your existing medical license numbers, issue dates, as well as expiration dates
• Completes D.C. medical license applications along with relevant documentation for a credential verification request

In most cases, just a signature, fingerprinting, notarization, or photograph is required. The licensing advocate will take care of the rest. If any document is missing, the licensing advocate will provide the relevant details so that you can do the needful.

For primary source verifications, here’s the list of D.C. medical license requirements:

• Medical school transcripts and verifications
• Undergraduate transcripts
• Postgraduate training evaluations
• Examination transcripts
• NPDB query
• Federation query
• Malpractice claims history report/documents
• AMA profile
• Employment verification
• Hospital staff evaluations
• Professional reference letters
• Letter of good standing from other licensing boards
• And any other documents specific to D.C. Medical License

Yes. It is mandatory to continuously follow up with the D.C. Medical License Commission to ensure precise processing of your D.C. Medical License application on time along with credential verifications.

The status of your application at every step will be regularly updated in your dashboard. Furthermore, you will get notifications on every step via email. So, stay tuned. For more details, you can always contact us and we’re there to help you.

Visit the CME page to get complete details about the CME requirements for the D.C. Medical License application.

Address: Department of Health
Board of Medicine
899 North Capitol St., NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 442-5955
Fax: (202) 442-4795
Email: doh@dc.gov

It costs 500 USD (license fee) + 305 USD (Application fee) to get D.C. Medical License from D.C. Medical Licensure Commission.

Not yet. Alaska State passed IMLC but the implementation is still in progress.

It takes 2-3 months to get an D.C. Medical license. Apart from credential verifications and malpractice claim verification, the factors that might delay the medical licensing processes include:

• Selection of state: As states like Florida, California, New Jersey, Texas, and New York processes huge volumes of application, there is a possibility of delay
• Processing time: The busy period for license boards will be from March through September. Hence, there could be a delay in getting a medical license.

The Medical Licensure Commission of D.C. holds the right to license doctors in D.C. .

Your first license will be valid only till your birthday and not for the entire calendar year. After that, you can proceed with D.C. medical license renewal every 2 years.

If the D.C. board determines any violation, you might experience actions that include:

• Reprimand
• Monetary penalty
• Implementation of restrictions
• Probation
• Restitution
• Suspension
• Denial
• Voluntary surrendering of license
• Revocation