Louisiana STATE MEDICAL LICENSE

Louisiana medical license process involves the following steps:

• End-to-end research of your educational and professional history
• Completion of physician licensure application process with e-signature
• Collection of relevant credential documentation for verification
• Regular tracking and follow-up of all documentation for timely license issue

For primary source verifications, here’s the list of Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana Medical Board database including schools, hospitals, and training institutions/programs
• Check your existing medical license numbers, issue dates, as well as expiration dates
• Completes Louisiana 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.

Yes. It is mandatory to continuously follow up with the Louisiana Medical License Commission to ensure precise processing of your Louisiana 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 Louisiana Medical License application.

Address: Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
P.O. Box 30250
New Orleans, LA  70190-0250
Phone: (504) 568-6820
Fax: (504) 568-8893

It costs 382 USD to get Louisiana Medical License from Louisiana Medical Licensure Commission.

Yes

It takes 2-3 months to get an Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana holds the right to license doctors in Louisiana.

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

If the Louisiana 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