full FL license

[ilovepath]

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In applying for a full FL license....is there any reason FL has a rep of being hard to deal with? Any experiences on getting a full FL license and frustrated bc of it?

 

[riztime]

Florida and Pennsylvania are the two worst states to practice medicine in terms of malpractice, litigation, etc. hence the so-called "toughness" in getting a medical license. I applied in August in the "down" months and finally received the license in January and that was with no obvious red flags etc in my history and application.

My wife applied in Nov and received her license last week. She had numerous headaches and had to reply via e-mail and faxes repeatedly back to the boards about so-called discrepancies in her application etc. about time off, verification of letters of rec, etc. In both mine and my wife's application the board "lost" copies of items we had sent via mail. So MAKE SURE you keep copies of everything and be ready to re-send items back to them in case they "lose" them and they will....

 

[gutonc]

In both mine and my wife's application the board "lost" copies of items we had sent via mail. So MAKE SURE you keep copies of everything and be ready to re-send items back to them in case they "lose" them and they will....

This is true for licensure just about anywhere. Take your original diploma(s) to a notary and pay them to make and notarize about 20 copies. It will be money well spent. Also, anything that anybody asks for, make 10 or 20 copies of that for yourself...even if it doesn't need to be notarized. Don't rely on electronic copies. Keep some hard copies and maybe electronic copies on thumb drive or CD in a safe deposit box as well (no...I'm not kidding).

 

[Arcan57]

While it has it's own issues, FCVS works pretty decently for preventing the whole "lost document" thing. Just be prepared for it to take ~1mo for them to cough up the documents, even if nothing has changed since your last application.

 

[ilovepath]

Please elaborate on what notarizing a diploma/transcript entails? I'm not sure what a 3rd party notary does if you get the original from the med school.

This is true for licensure just about anywhere. Take your original diploma(s) to a notary and pay them to make and notarize about 20 copies. It will be money well spent. Also, anything that anybody asks for, make 10 or 20 copies of that for yourself...even if it doesn't need to be notarized. Don't rely on electronic copies. Keep some hard copies and maybe electronic copies on thumb drive or CD in a safe deposit box as well (no...I'm not kidding).

 

[gutonc]

Please elaborate on what notarizing a diploma/transcript entails? I'm not sure what a 3rd party notary does if you get the original from the med school.

You will need to send copies to boards/hospitals/insurance companies, etc. I'm not even out of fellowship yet and I've had to part with 3 or 4 copies of it (licenses and credentialing for moonlighting).

The boards at least will want them notarized. If you're lucky enough to have a med school that will give you dozens of official copies of your diploma for less than the $20 or $30 it will cost to have a notary do it, you're a lucky person. But if you're like most people, you're going to get one official diploma and that's it.

 

[mig26x]

I got a FL full license last year. Started process in late January with the FVCS and got the License number by May. Could have received my license 3-4 weeks earlier but the FL health department lost one of my recommendation letters from my residency program and when they found it they told me it was not correctly written therefore I had to get another one.

 

[GMO2003]

took me 8 weeks altogether...used a medical licensing service

 

[ilovepath]

Is there a 'best' license facilitating service? I presume fcvs isn't a facilitating service?

 

[justaregularmed]

All these comments make me wonder what would happen if you sent everything in triplicate. I guess not worth pissing them off?

 

[GMO2003]

Is there a 'best' license facilitating service? I presume fcvs isn't a facilitating service?

www.flmedlicense.com...a bit pricy but they basically did all the work and did it fast!!!