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With the entry into force this July 1 of law SB-7016, which establishes the accession of the state of Florida to the Interstate Medical Licensing Compact (IMLC), the revalidation of titles for foreign doctors who reside in that jurisdiction will be simpler and will not require a five-year residency there. This is the step by step to homologate the title from the entry into force.
According to the president of the organization Solidaridad sin Fronteras (SSF), Julio César Alfonso, the only extra requirement that will be required with the new regulations promulgated by the governor Ron DeSantis is that these immigrant doctors have actively practiced medicine in any country during the four years prior to applying for a medical license. This will facilitate the integration of some 33,000 health professionals into the health workforce of the so-called “sunshine state.”
The first step, fundamental to the process, is register on the website of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (Ecfmg), or by phone at (215) 386-5900. This is the body in charge of evaluate and guide foreign doctors and graduates in the process to obtain your credentials and be able to practice in the United States.
As stated in section 5 of Florida law SB-7016, “the physician who wishes to obtain licensure through the compact must submit an application for expedited licensure to the state board of directors,” which in this case is the Medical Board of Florida, something that will go into effect as of July 1. “Once the request for an expedited license is received, the state board of directors, will evaluate whether the doctor qualifies for accelerated licensure and will send to the Interstate Commission a letter of qualification in which the suitability of the doctor is verified or denied,” the law details.
The SSF, together with the International Green Cross (CVI), accompany these applicants in the process with the Foreign Medical Graduate Advising Program. The help will have two categories of counseling: a basic general advice (BGC) where the firm Anfield Consulting, based in the city of Tallahassee, will coordinate the legal and procedural aspects and a complete individual advice (ICC), where the SSF will assist you in a personalized manner and based on the particularities of your case.
To access the SSF and CVI program the steps are:
As part of the process they must translate and evaluate your grades and degrees certifications with a professional. In Miami you can do it with the office of Josef Silny & Associates authorized in South Florida to make equivalencies for studies abroad.
The eligibility criteria for a doctor to obtain his or her license through the Interstate Medical Licensing Compact, which in the case of Florida regulations appear in section 2, subsection 11, are as follows:
Furthermore, it is necessary that doctors do not fall into any of the following situations:
Section 50 of the new law creates section 456.4502, Florida Statutes, which states that a physician whose license is suspended or revoked by the State of Florida pursuant to the IMLC “as a result of disciplinary action taken against the license from the doctor in another state, must receive a formal hearing before an administrative law judge of the Division of Administrative Hearings”.
The decision must be determined by the corresponding board and not an administrative law judge, this magistrate will issue a recommended order in accordance and it will be the Board of Medicine or the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, as appropriate, who will determine and issue the final order of the disciplinary case.
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