Getting an Idaho Medical License: Requirements, Costs, and Timeline
Idaho licenses both MDs and DOs through the Idaho Board of Medicine inside the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses. Idaho is a fully participating IMLC state and a valid state of principal licensure. One recent update: starting April first, twenty twenty-six, Idaho is transitioning from annual to biennial licensure.
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Overview
Getting your Idaho medical license? Here's exactly what you need to know, so you can focus on practicing, not paperwork.
Who issues your license
Idaho licenses both MDs and DOs through the Idaho Board of Medicine inside the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses. Idaho is a fully participating IMLC state and a valid state of principal licensure. One recent update: starting April first, twenty twenty-six, Idaho is transitioning from annual to biennial licensure.
Eligibility requirements
You'll need a degree from an accredited medical school and at least one year of post-graduate training for US and Canadian graduates, three years for international medical graduates.
How to apply
You'll submit the FSMB uniform application with an Idaho addendum and complete a fingerprint-based FBI background check. The FSMB uniform application is Idaho's preferred intake. After you apply, the board mails an FBI fingerprint card to the home address on your application. That card needs to be completed and returned promptly. If it goes to a wrong or outdated address, it can sit undelivered for weeks.
What it costs
Budget around seven hundred and ten dollars total. Two hundred dollars for the application, four hundred dollars for the biennial license fee, sixty dollars for the FSMB uniform application, and about fifty dollars for FBI fingerprinting.
How long it takes
Most licenses take eight to twelve weeks from a complete submission, occasionally up to fourteen. Apply at least four months in advance. The IMLC pathway typically issues an Idaho license in two to four weeks once the Letter of Qualification is on file.
Where applications stall
The delays we see most often: the FBI fingerprint card going to a wrong or outdated address, international medical graduates missing the three-year post-graduate training requirement, and physicians confused about their specific renewal date during Idaho's April twenty twenty-six biennial licensing transition.
How we help
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