Getting a Connecticut Medical License: Requirements, Costs, and Timeline
Connecticut licenses physicians through the Department of Public Health, not a traditional medical board. The DPH commissioner issues licenses with the Medical Examining Board in an advisory role. Applications go through the eLicense portal. Connecticut joined the IMLC in twenty twenty-two, and as of March twenty twenty-six, can now issue Letters of Qualification.
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Overview
Getting your Connecticut medical license? Here's exactly what you need to know so you can focus on practicing, not paperwork.
Who issues your license
Connecticut licenses physicians through the Department of Public Health, not a traditional medical board. The DPH commissioner issues licenses with the Medical Examining Board in an advisory role. Applications go through the eLicense portal. Connecticut joined the IMLC in twenty twenty-two, and as of March twenty twenty-six, can now issue Letters of Qualification.
Eligibility requirements
To qualify, you’ll need a degree from an accredited medical school and at least two years of ACGME or AOA-accredited postgraduate training. Connecticut is one of the few states requiring two full years, even for US graduates. You’ll pass USMLE or an equivalent exam and have every prior state license verified directly from the issuing board.
How to apply
Applications go through the eLicense portal, with some documents uploaded electronically and others submitted by mail. The thing that trips people up most: eLicense uploads and mailed documents go to separate queues. A document sent to the wrong channel can sit unmatched for weeks.
What it costs
The initial application fee is five hundred sixty-five dollars.
How long it takes
That covers application processing and the NPDB query. Annual renewal is five hundred seventy-five dollars. Expect seventy-five to one hundred and fifteen days from a complete submission to issuance. Apply at least four to five months in advance. The IMLC pathway is significantly faster, typically about thirty days once your Letter of Qualification is issued. The delays we see most often: US graduates caught off guard by the two-year PGT requirement, documents landing in the wrong eLicense queue, and the annual birth-month renewal cycle being confused with a standard calendar renewal. WhiteGlove handles your Connecticut application from start to issued license.
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