2022 Allopathic Medical License

The basics
Make sure the Florida Department of Health (DOH) has your current mailing address on file to ensure that you receive notification regarding renewal. Failure to renew an active or inactive license by the expiration date will result in the license being placed in delinquent status. Take note:

  • The active renewal fee is $389.
  • The inactive renewal fee is $150.
  • Update your DOH profile and renew your license online at: https://mqa-vo.doh.state.fl.us/datamart/voservicesportal

 

If a delinquent licensee is not renewed as active or inactive before the expiration of the current licensure cycle, his or her license will become null and void without further action by the Florida Board of Medicine or DOH.

Licensees requesting reactivation of their licenses from inactive or retired status are required to pay additional fees and comply with specific continuing education requirements. Contact the Florida Board of Medicine at info@flboardofmedicine.gov to request your reactivation requirements.


Biennial Continuing Medical Education (CME) Requirements: forty (40) total hours obtained from February 1, 2020, through January 31, 2022. Included in the total hours you must have:
  • two hours of Prevention of Medical Errors.
  • two hours of Prescribing Controlled Substances if you are registered with the DEA, whether you are in or out of state.
  • two hours of Domestic Violence CME Every third biennium.


Exemptions for first-time renewals
If this is your first time renewing since the initial issuance of your license, you are exempt from the general 40 hours biennial CME requirement and only required to complete two hours of Prevention of Medical Errors, one hour of HIV-AIDS and two hours of Prescribing Controlled Substances if you are registered with the DEA, whether you are in or out of state. FMA members can take these courses for free or at a discount in our online catalog.


Your CME must be reported
CE Broker is the official continuing education tracking system for the Florida Department of Health. A basic CE Broker account is free, but two other options are available, including a concierge-level plan — discounted for FMA members — that handles the process of managing, tracking and reporting your CME. Click here for details about this discount. Every course you take that is directly provided by the FMA will be reported to CE Broker on your behalf. Visit the Florida Board of Medicine website for even more information.
More exemptions and benefits
If you are a member of the U.S. Armed Forces 

If you are a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty and in good standing with the Board at the time of becoming active and entitled to practice in Florida, you may be eligible for exemption from renewal requirements for the duration of your active duty, and for a period of six months after discharge, as long as you are not practicing in private sector for-profit.

If you are the spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces 

If you are the spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, you may be eligible to be exempted from licensure renewal requirements, but only in cases of absence from the state because of your spouse’s duties with the Armed Forces.

If you volunteer as an expert witness 

If you volunteer as an expert witness and provide expert witness opinions for complaints filed with DOH for cases being reviewed pursuant to Chapter 458 or 468, F.S., you can receive five hours of CME credit in the area of risk management for each case reviewed, up to a maximum of 15 hours per biennium. Volunteer expert witnesses are encouraged to perform a literature survey in conjunction with a review of cases for the Board.

You can obtain five hours of CME 

You can obtain five hours of CME in risk management or medical ethics by attending one full day or eight hours, whichever is more, of disciplinary hearings at a regular Board of Medicine meeting. 

If you volunteer 160 hours of medical 

If you volunteer 160 hours of medical services to indigent Florida residents with incomes at or below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level during the previous biennium, you may be eligible for a waiver of your biennial renewal fee and some of the continuing education hours (no more than 25 percent) required for license renewal. However, the continuing education requirements for the Domestic Violence, HIV-AIDS, and Prevention of Medical Errors courses cannot be waived.