Unique details about Texas Medical
Board:
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Texas Medical
Jurisprudence Examination is required by all
applicants
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The Texas Medical Board requires a Personal Appearance
of all applicants
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The Texas Medical Board's fee for physician licensure is $805.00
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The Texas Medical Board Does not offer a Temporary
Medical License
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The Texas Medical Board processes more medical
license applications than most states.
Eligibility Requirements:
(feel free to give us a call and we can
tell you if you qualify for Texas Licensure)
Premedical
Education
You must have completed either 60 hours of pre-medical
education or you must have completed the required
pre-medical education of the country where your medical
school is located.
Medical Education
You must be a graduate of a U.S. or Canadian medical
school or a graduate of an acceptable unapproved medical
school. Fifth pathway applicants must have completed a
Fifth Pathway program in lieu of graduation from medical
school.
An acceptable
unapproved medical school is defined as a school or
college located outside the United States or Canada
that:
(A) is substantially
equivalent to a Texas medical school; and
(B) has not been disapproved by another state
physician licensing agency unless the applicant can
provide evidence that the disapproval was unfounded.
International
Medical Graduates Additional Requirements
Must be:
- ECFMG certified
- able to
communicate in English
- eligible to
practice in the country where your medical school is
located
- have supplied all
additional information that the board may require
concerning your medical school
You are advised to
review the list of schools whose graduates do not have
to prove substantial equivalence of their education. If
your school is not on this list you will be required to
submit several additional items for review.
Licensure
Examinations
You must have passed an examination acceptable to the
board. The most common examinations are USMLE and COMLEX.
Refer to Board Rule for a complete listing.
All steps of your
licensure examination must have been passed within 3
attempts and all steps must be passed within 7 years.
There are some exceptions regarding the time limit -
refer to Board Rule for more information.
Texas Medical Jurisprudence Examination
You must pass the Texas Medical Jurisprudence
Examination with a score of 75 or better within three
attempts (except for some Relicensure applicants). The
examination is offered at Prometric testing sites
throughout the United States. Once you have applied you
will be sent a permission to test form. The form will
contain instructions on how to enroll for the
examination.
Postgraduate
Training
You must have completed postgraduate training in the
United States or Canada.
- US/Canadian
Graduates: one year of graduate medical training in
the United States or Canada as defined in Board Rule
- International
Graduates: a three-year program of graduate medical
training in the United States or Canada as defined
in Board Rule
Professional
Character
You must be of good professional character. An applicant
for licensure must not be in violation of, or committed
any act described in the Medical Practice Act, Tex. Occ.
Code Ann.
§§164.051-.053.
Personal
Appearance
All applicants are required to appear at the boards
offices for a personal appearance and inspection of
original documents. You will be contacted by a Licensure
staff member when your application is complete, and you
may then schedule your appearance. Appointments are
usually available every weekday except Wednesday.
Appointments are not scheduled during holidays or board
meetings.
Documentation required by
the Texas Medical Board:
Alternate Name Documentation
Each applicant who has recorded an alternate name on
the application must submit copies of documents that
will support the name change. Those documents could be a
marriage certificate, divorce decree, court ordered name
change or some other official document.
Birth
Certificate or Passport
copy of the applicants birth certificate or passport.
Clinical Clerkship Affidavit -
Form J
If you are a US or Canadian medical school graduate,
this document is not needed. If you are an international
medical school graduate, complete and submit Form J.
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
Certification
If you are a US or Canadian medical school graduate,
this document is not needed.
Eligibility to Practice in Country of Graduation
If you are a US or Canadian medical school graduate,
this document is not needed. If you are an
international medical school graduate, submit a copy
of your license to practice in the country where your
medical school is located. If you do not have a license,
you must have the licensing authority in the country
where your medical school is located submit a letter to
you regarding your eligibility to practice medicine.
This letter must be in a sealed envelope with the
licensing authorities seal stamped across the outside
flap. (This requirement does not apply to Fifth Pathway
applicants.)
Examination Transcripts
contact the appropriate examination agencies and request
that a certified transcript of all examination attempts
be sent directly to the Texas Medical Board.
Fifth
Pathway Certificate
Fifth Pathway applicants must submit a copy of
his/her Fifth Pathway certificate.
Fifth
Pathway Letter
Fifth Pathway applicants must have the director
of his/her Fifth Pathway program submit a letter
outlining the methods used to evaluate and admit the
applicant to the program. This letter must be in a
sealed envelope with the program directors signature
stamped across the outside flap. Forward the letter, in
the sealed envelope, to the Texas Medical Board.
Medical School Diploma
If you are a US or Canadian medical school graduate,
a copy of this document is not needed. If you are an
international medical school graduate, submit a copy
of your medical diploma, and a translation if the
document is not in English.
Medical School Transcript (Certified)
you must request that each medical school you attended
submit certified transcripts to you in an unopened
envelope(s) with a signature of a medical school
official across the outside envelope flap. Medical
school transcripts and
Form D may be submitted by the school in the same
envelope.
Deans
Certification -
Form D
Form D and medical school transcripts may be submitted
by the school in the same envelope.
National Practitioner Data Bank and Health Integrity
Data Bank Reports
All applicants must contact the National
Practitioner Data Bank/Healthcare Integrity and
Protection Data Bank (NPDB/HIPDB) and perform a
self-query. Submit both the final report from the NPDB
and the final report from the HIPDB. These are two
separate reports. Many applicants who have performed the
self-query assume they have received two copies from
NPDB/HIPDB as one report. However, close scrutiny will
reveal that they are slightly different reports and the
applicant received one report from each entity. Both
must be submitted to this agency.
Personal Appearances
All applicants are required to appear at the
boards offices for a personal appearance. During
this appearance an inspection of documents will occur.
You will be notified by a Licensure staff member when to
appear. Routinely appearances are schedule for Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday or Friday or most weeks. Staff does
not schedule appearances during holiday or board
meetings.
Prometric Name Verification Form -
Form Z
All applicants must complete and submit
Form Z, which is required to verify that the name
submitted by Texas Medical Board (TMB) to Prometric for
the Texas Medical Jurisprudence exam matches the name on
your identification documents.
Reissuance Applicants
Applicants whose license has been revoked by the
board are required to meet current statutory
requirements and board rules. In addition physicians in
this status must furnish documentation that the reissuance is in the physician's best interests and the
best interest of the public. You are advised to submit
any documentation that would have occurred since you
were originally licensed or any documentation that is
non-static, such as state board verifications.
Relicensure Applicants
Applicants whose license has been canceled for
non-payment or by request are required to meet
current statutory requirements and board rules. You are
advised to submit any documentation that would have
occurred since you were originally licensed or any
documentation that is non-static, such as state board
verifications.
Specialty Board Certification Documentation
Each applicant who is specialty board certified
by a board that is a member of the American Board of
Medical Specialties or the Bureau of Osteopathic
Specialists must submit a copy of the most recent
certificate awarded.
State
Board Licensure Verifications
All applicants must contact each state, province
or federal locate in which you have ever held a license
or applied for a license and request that they furnish
you a verification in a sealed envelope with the state
board seal across the outside of the envelope. Some
states may require that the verification be sent
directly to the Texas Medical Board.
Texas
Medical Jurisprudence Examination
Applicants for physician licensure (except for some
Relicensure applicants) are required to pass the
Texas Medical Jurisprudence examination (JP). The
examination is offered at Prometric testing sites
throughout the United States. Once you have applied you
will be sent a permission to test form. The form will
contain instructions on how to enroll for the
examination. Study material for the JP exam can be found
on our website at
www.tmb.state.tx.us
Verification of Postgraduate Training/Physician
Licensure Evaluation -
Form L
you must have every US/Canadian training program with
which you were ever affiliated complete
Form L. In addition, for every professional
affiliation you have had in the past 10 years, no matter
the location, we require a completed Form L. Have the
Chief of Staff, Program Director, Medical Director,
Chairman of the Department or other supervising
physician complete the form and return it to you in a
sealed envelope. Do not open the envelope; send the
unopened envelope to the Texas Medical Board.
