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Content tagged with Medical Doctor – Unrestricted

April 30, 2025

Statutes & Rules

Click on Chapter or Section Number to View Florida Statutes 381.026 Florida Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities 456.013 Department; general licensing provisions 456.024 Members of Armed Forces in […]
April 30, 2025

Renewal Fees

If renewing BEFORE your license expires, your fees will be: Active to Active $355.00 Inactive to Inactive $125.00 Active to Inactive $475.00 Inactive to Active $605.00* Active to […]
April 30, 2025

Health Care Price Transparency Exemption

Online renewal is not available at this time for practitioners requesting this exemption.  To receive an exemption from paying license fees and completing continuing medical education […]
April 30, 2025

Military Exemption

To receive an exemption from the renewal requirements, please provide a copy of your orders which provides the beginning and end date of your current enlistment […]
April 30, 2025

Dispensing Registration

If you are currently registered to dispense medicinal drugs, you can renew your registration by paying the registration fee when you renew your medical license.  If […]
April 30, 2025

Renewal Process

Renewal Instructions: Go to www.flhealthsource.gov and click the “Renew A License” button. Enter your Personal Identifying Information (PII), then click the Login button. Confirm or update your MQA […]
April 30, 2025

Military Exemption

If you are a member of the Armed Forces of the United States on active duty who was in good standing with the board at the […]
April 30, 2025

Dispensing Registration

If you are currently registered to dispense medicinal drugs to your patients, you are required to renew your registration at the same time you are renewing […]
April 30, 2025

Statutes & Rules

Click on Chapter or Section Number to View Florida Statutes 456.013 Department; general licensing provisions 458.311 Licensure by examination 458.313 Licensure by endorsement 458.331 Grounds for disciplinary action 456.035 Address of […]
April 30, 2025

Fees

Application fee: $350.00 (non-refundable) Initial license fee: $355.00 NICA fee: $250.00 or $5,000.00 (please read information at www.nica.com) NICA Partnership Brochure Dispensing Practitioner fee: $100.00 (optional, this fee is for selling pharmaceuticals […]
April 30, 2025

Process

Section 456.013(1)(a), Florida Statutes provides that a licensure application and application fee are valid for one year. Application fees are non-refundable. To practice medicine in the […]
April 30, 2025

General Information

The Florida Board of Medicine general statutes require that you must have a valid Florida medical license to practice medicine in Florida. If you have been […]
April 30, 2025

Background Screening

Effective January 1, 2013, applicants for initial licensure must use a Livescan service provider to submit a set of fingerprints to the Florida Department of Law […]
April 30, 2025

Applicants with Health History

Applicants who answer “Yes” to any of the Health History questions on the application are required to submit the following documentation to the board office: Self-Explanation – […]
April 15, 2025

Processing Times

Florida law provides that an initial application must be reviewed within 30 days. Below is the average number of days at which we are currently processing.