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I wondered if anyone had opinions or experiences, either on the class of folks who do this, or had opinions on specific licensing specialists (ie "expediters").

I contacted the Florida Board, and an analyst there gave me the following names:

Florida Medical Licensing Service
Physician Licensing Service
Dot Faircloth of Florida Professional Licensing

There services run between $600-800, and they claim they can get through the process in about 3 months in Florida, 4 in Texas.

Do you think they make the process move faster? or just make sure you have dotted the i's and crossed the t's of your application?
 
Waste of money.

I have seen about 40 applicants for Florida licensure.

Out of those I have seen 10 of them fined by the Florida Medical Board for misrepresenting their license by having someone else fill out the forms for them.
Cost was $1000 fine, GG violation, non disciplinary administrative action (nonreportable).

Do it yourself.
 
don't waste your time or money--- it is a rip off...

plus for texas the big issue is taking the jurisprudence exam - nobody can expedite that --- and then you have to show up IN PERSON in Austin to hand them a $50 check and show your drivers license --- TOTALLY asinine...

basically they make sure you dot your i's ---
 
Unless things have changed since I applied one nice aspect about Texas is that they assign a specific person to your application so when you need to speak with someone, it's someone who actually knows about your file. I was very pleased with the Texas process.

People might be having difficulty now because since we passed malpractice reform doctors have been pouring into the state and the board is overwhelmed with applications. I don't think there is any consultant that can grease the skids here.
 
to be honest, the sense i got from the texas board they try hard to make it very difficult for FMGs to get licensed now a days... i was sweating bullets when i took that jurisprudence exam!!! and I am an american...
 
Judging from the fact that I once went to a party and met 6 different Dr Patels it's hard to imagine that TX is trying to keep out IMGs (you can't say FMG anymore - it's International Medical Graduates now). Actually, of the three physicians I see, none of them went to medical school in this country.

The jurisprudence exam is frightening in the sense that you can get hung up on licensure after 4 years of medical school, 3 or more years of residency, passing the boards, etc, just by flunking a Mickey Mouse jurisprudence exam.

All of the information disappeared from my head the minute I found out I passed, but for one brief shining moment I knew the regulations for committing mental patients and whether or not I need to report a case of malaria. All I remember is that you cannot sell body parts except hair and blood.
 
Honestly, I did not find the licensing process any more difficult than some of my fellowship applications. It's just tedious and time consuming. Some states require that you have your transcripts, USMLE scores, etc, sent directly from the issuing office. This takes more time and $$$. I bit the bullet and paid whatever fees were required to expedite my files being sent.

Have someone you know with OCD read your application- leave *nothing* blank- use N/A, etc. Verify all contact information. For example, if they want to contact the hospital where you did your internship, resist the temptation to give them the hospital operator's phone number, just to fill in the blank. Instead, give them the direct phone and fax number to the GME department that will know what they are talking about when they call. If you did a fellowship at a university hospital, DO NOT give them the number to the medical school. Even though they sponsored your fellowship, they don't necessarily have your fellowship info, the hospital residency or GME office usually has that. If you are not sure, call your program director's office and ask them who handles these verification requests, get their direct extension, call them and butter them up, and put that number on your app. These same rules apply for hospital and insurance credentialling, so save this information.

Then, send the application Express of some sort that you can track and require a signature to deliver. Put it on your schedule (or your secretary's or wife's or something) to call the office about every 10 days to check status and be VERY NICE to the bureaucrats when you call (they don't expect it!). They will have a reference number assigned to your file- get this for future calls! Do not be surprised when they say they are missing information that you KNOW was enclosed with your application, just send it again. Ask them what they need to proceed and how you can help them expedite this. Then call whoever is not responding to their verification requests and nicely harass them- send them flowers or candy or something.

I have gotten 2 different state licenses in less than 60 days this way. 😎
 
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