California STATE MEDICAL LICENSE

California 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 California 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 California 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 California Medical Board database including schools, hospitals, and training institutions/programs
• Check your existing medical license numbers, issue dates, as well as expiration dates
• Completes California 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 California Medical License Commission to ensure precise processing of your California 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 California Medical License application.

Address: The Medical Board of California (MD)
2006 Evergreen St., Suite 1200
Sacramento, CA 95815
Phone: (916) 263-2382
Fax: (916) 263-2944
Email: webmaster@mbc.ca.gov

It costs 808 USD to get California Medical License from California Medical Licensure Commission.

No

It takes more than 3 months to get a California 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 California holds the right to license doctors in California.

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

If the California 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