South Dakota STATE MEDICAL LICENSE

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

Address: South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners
101 North Main Ave., Suite 301
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Phone: (605) 367-7781
Fax: (605) 367-7786

It costs 200 USD to get a South Dakota Medical License from South Dakota Medical Licensure Commission.

Yes

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

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

If the South Dakota 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