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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) of the United States is a national non-profit organization that represents the 71 state medical and osteopathic boards of the United States and its territories and co-sponsors the United States Medical Licensing Examination. Medical boards license physicians, investigate complaints, discipline those ...
A medical school graduate must receive a license to practice medicine to legally be called a physician. The process typically requires testing by a medical board. The medical license is the documentation of authority to practice medicine within a certain locality.
Additionally, there are alternative national medical boards, i.e. the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons, [10] with over 10,000 board-certified physicians, that meet national quality standards, including the Joint Commission, the National Committee on Quality Assurance, and the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission, and has gained ...
USMLE announced a move to a pass/fail model on February 12, 2020, along with other changes. They claimed this was done in an attempt by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) to balance focus between exams and actual coursework. The change became effective in 2022.
In fiscal year 2017-2018, the Board had 140,748 physician licenses in effect, and issued 6,694 new physician licenses. In FY 2017-18, the Board received 10,888 complaints and opened 1,627 cases. The outcome in FY 2017-18 was 59 license revocations, 98 license surrenders, 5 probations with suspension, 139 probations, 133 public reprimands, and ...
The New York State Board for Medicine is a New York State Education Department board [1] [2] [3] responsible for licensing, monitoring, and disciplining physicians and physician assistants to uphold medical standards and protect public health.
The American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS), the official certifying body for the American Association of Physician Specialists (AAPS) is a non-profit umbrella organization for sixteen medical specialty boards that certifies and re-certifies physicians in fourteen medical specialties in the United States and Canada.
List of state verification sites, at noah-health.org. (New York Online Access to Health.) Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. List of state verification sites, especially for medical licenses, at circare.org (Citizens for Responsible Care and Research)