Do you need medical license to be able to moonlight?

[alchemist123]

I'm an incoming R1 interested in moonlighting. Unfortunately my state doesn't allow licensure until I have at least 3 years of GME under my belt.. Any one know if moonlighting (contrast shifts) is allowed for residents without a license?

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[qwerty89]

"Any one know if moonlighting (contrast shifts) is allowed for residents without a license?"

Typically yes.

 

[redoitall]

Yes you do. If you want to moonlight externally (outside of your institution), you might also need malpractice insurance. Some places will buy it for you, however you will take a cut on hourly pay most likely. There are insurances that are a bit cheaper than your usual, particulalry if you set a max number of hours/week. Just perform a search and ask around.

 

[Dave1980]

At my program we couldn't do contrast shifts until we had a license. There was enough demand for those shifts that this wasn't a problem.