Frequently Asked Questions

If you apply online, you will be prompted to enter a valid credit card number to submit your payment for all fees.  If you are mailing a paper application, please send one cashier’€™s check or money order for your total payment made payable to:

Department of Health
P.O. Box 6330
Tallahassee, Florida 32314-6330.

Only the initial license fee and the NICA fee will be applied to the new application. The application fee will not be applied to the new application.  However, the application fee is only valid for one year and is non-refundable.

The Board of Medicine will refund your initial license fee and NICA fee.  However, you will not receive a refund for your application fee.

There is a three year statute of limitation for refunds so if the overpayment was made less than three years ago you are eligible for a refund.

You must submit your request in writing. Mail your request to:

Department of Health
Board of Medicine
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C03
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3253.

You may also fax your request to (850) 412-1268.

Once your request is received, it can take up to four weeks to receive your refund.

Your Financial Responsibility status may be changed through your Practitioner Profile.

Financial Responsibility is outlined in Section 458.320, Florida Statutes.  The options are divided into two categories: coverage and exemptions.  You are required to provide the Board of Medicine with information regarding your Financial Responsibility under the following circumstances:

– when applying for initial licensure;
– upon licensure renewal; or
– when there is a change in your Financial Responsibility status.

For more information regarding the Financial Responsibility requirements, you may review the following:
– s. 458.320, F.S. (medical doctors)
– Rule 64B8-12, F.A.C.

The person filing the complaint and the healthcare practitioner will be notified periodically in writing of the status of the complaint. (It is important that the department be advised of any address change.)

Only physicians licensed in Florida can include or offer alternative medicine to their patients. The definition of “practice of medicine” is listed in s. 458.305, Florida Statutes: the diagnosis, treatment, operation, or prescription for any human disease, pain, injury, deformity or other physical or mental condition.

Please contact the DEA at (800) 882-9539 or visit their website.

You may search IMED’s database online www.ecfmg.org or contact them at (215) 823-2105.