Speeding tickets, ERAS,medical liscensing, and employment

[Astronaut11]

Hello everyone, If I have non-misdemeanor and non-felony speeding tickets, do I ever need to report these anywhere down the line in my medical career? Would I ever be asked about these?

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[getdown]

Yes when you apply for your state medical license. Some states are stricter than others and it'd be silly to not disclose them, the licensing board finds out and assumed you lied and denies giving you a license. Just declare it and if it's no big deal than it's no big deal at least you were honest about it.

 

[Astronaut11]

Yes when you apply for your state medical license. Some states are stricter than others and it'd be silly to not disclose them, the licensing board finds out and assumed you lied and denies giving you a license. Just declare it and if it's no big deal than it's no big deal at least you were honest about it.

The licensing board asks about speeding tickets even when they aren't a misdemeanor or felony?

How is the question stated?

 

[getdown]

They don't specifically ask for speeding tickets. I don't remember the specific phrasing but something along the lines of if you've broken the law. This was the specific advice the guy from the Cali licensing board gave us. If you had any doubts it's better to just declare it so they don't turn up something when they do a deep dive not just your standard background check. Something about having access to actual law enforcement database not just the standard background check stuff. I don't know if he was trying to scare us but I figured better safe than sorry.

 

[Astronaut11]

They don't specifically ask for speeding tickets. I don't remember the specific phrasing but something along the lines of if you've broken the law. This was the specific advice the guy from the Cali licensing board gave us. If you had any doubts it's better to just declare it so they don't turn up something when they do a deep dive not just your standard background check. Something about having access to actual law enforcement database not just the standard background check stuff. I don't know if he was trying to scare us but I figured better safe than sorry.

So I would simply write " I have speeding tickets ", and leave it at that?

Also, is it possible for me to view the application and what they ask for without officially applying for a license?

 

[getdown]

Forms | Medical Board of California

Under US Canadian medical school graduates. Form L1E criminal history. #42 asks about ANY citations, infractions, etc.

 

[Astronaut11]

Under US Canadian medical school graduates. Form L1E criminal history. #42 asks about ANY citations, infractions, etc.

Wow, that is crazy. They want documents for every minor traffic violation?​

 

[getdown]

I don't think so. Just a detailed description is all I gave them and it was enough for them to give me my license.

 

[Astronaut11]

I don't think so. Just a detailed description is all I gave them and it was enough for them to give me my license.

How detailed would you say?

Being fairly early in the Medical school life, do you apply for the licensure right before residency during 4th year?

 

[getdown]

How detailed would you say?

Being fairly early in the Medical school life, do you apply for the licensure right before residency during 4th year?

Just describe the situation, date, where you were, circumstances (you were late for something and you ended up going X mph in a X mph limit). Didn't go to court, just paid the fine. Done.

You apply for licensure PGY-2 year because in California you have to have your own license by PGY-3. In order to be able to apply for a license you have to have passed ALL of your STEP exams hence why you need to take STEP3 by end of intern year.

 

[SLC]

My state license app (both here and in New England) specifically mentioned traffic infractions as things you don’t need to mention. Questions went something along the lines of “other than traffic violations, have you been convicted of...”

 

[mvenus929]

Going to vary from state to state. Sometimes you’ll need to report it, just be honest. It won’t prevent you from getting a license. Most states have you work on a training license during residency, and your program coordinator will help facilitate that process. You generally don’t need to apply for a full license until you are a final year resident and looking for a job, or you want to moonlight.

 

[doc05]

this is all very surprising. In my state, even one speeding ticket means your ineligible for a medical license.

 

[NotAProgDirector]

Don't be silly. Many states don't require reporting of speeding tix that are not misdemeanors. Even in states that do require such reporting, it won't stop you from getting a license. States may require reporting of "minor" violations like this because they are looking for serious problems that were plead down to something minor.

 

[CherryRedDracul]

this is all very surprising. In my state, even one speeding ticket means your ineligible for a medical license.

I'm assuming your state has 0 tri-state area physicians.

 

[NickNaylor]

The licensing board asks about speeding tickets even when they aren't a misdemeanor or felony?

How is the question stated?

Just to be clear - and as mentioned by others - the requirements are going to differ from state to state. In general, disclosure is the better option. It is highly unlikely that a medical license won't be granted because of tickets. However, not reporting something that you're asked to report can potentially cause you problems.

When you get to the point of applying for a medical license, read the verbage of the application carefully and, in any cases of doubt, either consult an attorney or disclose.

 

[mehc012]

Just describe the situation, date, where you were, circumstances (you were late for something and you ended up going X mph in a X mph limit). Didn't go to court, just paid the fine. Done.

You apply for licensure PGY-2 year because in California you have to have your own license by PGY-3. In order to be able to apply for a license you have to have passed ALL of your STEP exams hence why you need to take STEP3 by end of intern year.

Lol, because I remember any of those details about every traffic infraction I've had in the past 10yrs 🙄
I'm lucky if I know which states they might want to check if they feel the need to investigate. I sure as heck don't remember each and every time I've been pulled over, why, and whether a particular instance resulted in a ticket or not.

And no, I don't have a high rate of violations or accidents, but I drive a LOT and I've moved a LOT, and I lived in my car for a while. I had a few speeding tickets in college when I lived right on the border of 3 states, and a few when I was commuting 12+hrs a week. I've been pulled over way more often than I've been issued a ticket, and I honestly dgaf about traffic violations so long as they don't screw up my insurance rates, which they haven't. So I've got no idea of the circumstances of anything, and if they want to know so badly, they should probably go look for it themselves, because I can't help them much.

 

[Newyawk]

Lol, because I remember any of those details about every traffic infraction I've had in the past 10yrs 🙄
I'm lucky if I know which states they might want to check if they feel the need to investigate. I sure as heck don't remember each and every time I've been pulled over, why, and whether a particular instance resulted in a ticket or not.

And no, I don't have a high rate of violations or accidents, but I drive a LOT and I've moved a LOT, and I lived in my car for a while. I had a few speeding tickets in college when I lived right on the border of 3 states, and a few when I was commuting 12+hrs a week. I've been pulled over way more often than I've been issued a ticket, and I honestly dgaf about traffic violations so long as they don't screw up my insurance rates, which they haven't. So I've got no idea of the circumstances of anything, and if they want to know so badly, they should probably go look for it themselves, because I can't help them much.

Tell me more about your female privilege

 

[mehc012]

Tell me more about your female privilege

I assume you're referring to the half a sentence where I state that I don't get a ticket every time I'm pulled over?
Sure, I admit that being female helps on that front. Going to court also helps, as does random chance. Of the tickets I have had, I've gotten most of them 'dropped' due to standard rules in each state...most of them allow you to erase points by taking traffic courses or something of that nature, which I always do because it saves a boatload of insurance money in the long run. Go to traffic court in upstate NY sometime; the day I went, every single person there got their ticket dropped to a non-moving violation with an equal fine, because the state didn't care beyond collecting its money up front.

All of that is fairly irrelevant to the point that I don't recall the details of the infractions I've been given, nor the speedcam tix which are impartial, nor the specifics of which tickets count vs get erased with classes vs get changed to different violations, etc. And I don't care. It's completely useless information that's simply not stored in my brain and which I don't intend on wasting synapses on.

 

[Mtskies]

this is all very surprising. In my state, even one speeding ticket means your ineligible for a medical license.

And in which state do you live??? That sounds absolutely insane.


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[Premed2295]

Absolutely report it. That way they dont accidentally find it in your record later on, and think that you lied.
I cant imagine a situation where it prevents you from getting a medical license, especially if it is a single infraction.
If you drove 90mph through a school zone and ran over a child and kept going, sure. But a non-felony ticket basically means you were just going a little bit too quickly.

Most people I know have gotten at least one speeding ticket. And frankly, as someone who has I have just been fu**ing lucky because I definitely have done things that warrant speeding tickets on several occasions. So have most people.

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

I'm assuming your state has 0 tri-state area physicians.

I'm assuming his/her state has at least 1 very sarcastic surgeon...

 

[atomi]

I honestly don’t remember all my speeding tickets and traffic infractions. F that. No way in hell im reporting 15-20 years if speeding tickets, parking tickets, running stop sign tickets, expired tags, etc that I may or not remember. Wtf? Seriously? I’d probably have a list of “crimes” 20 lines long. FTHAT

 

[hamstergang]

Just describe the situation, date, where you were, circumstances (you were late for something and you ended up going X mph in a X mph limit). Didn't go to court, just paid the fine. Done.

What? Why give the excuse? No one cares, and extra details like this are just weird.

 

[getdown]

What? Why give the excuse? No one cares, and extra details like this are just weird.

Then why the **** do you care? You do you. If no one cares then I can put whatever the **** stupid ass excuse I want. I'm not going to give some government pencil pusher a reason to deny my application. It's a pain in the ass to redo.

 

[hamstergang]

Then why the **** do you care? You do you. If no one cares then I can put whatever the **** stupid ass excuse I want. I'm not going to give some government pencil pusher a reason to deny my application. It's a pain in the ass to redo.

I don't know why you're reacting to my post with so much anger, but you aren't going to get denied for a speeding ticket even without a good sounding excuse.