Getting a Michigan Medical License: Requirements, Costs, and Timeline
Michigan licenses MDs and DOs through two separate boards under Lara, the Michigan Board of Medicine for MDs and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery for DOs. Both use the same MyPlus portal, but operate as distinct boards. Michigan is currently a participating IMLC state, reinstated via Public Act six of twenty twenty-six, signed March twenty-sixth, twenty twenty-six.
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Overview
Getting your Michigan medical license? Here's exactly what you need to know so you can focus on practicing, not paperwork.
Who issues your license
Michigan licenses MDs and DOs through two separate boards under Lara, the Michigan Board of Medicine for MDs and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery for DOs. Both use the same MyPlus portal, but operate as distinct boards. Michigan is currently a participating IMLC state, reinstated via Public Act six of twenty twenty-six, signed March twenty-sixth, twenty twenty-six.
Eligibility requirements
You'll need a degree from an accredited medical school and two full years of ACGME, AOA, RCPSC, or CFPC-accredited post-graduate training. USMLE or COMLEX exam scores must be transmitted directly from FSMB to Lara. Self-printed score reports are not accepted. You'll also complete implicit bias training and within three years of licensure, human trafficking identification training.
How to apply
Applications go through the MyPlus portal at michigan.gov/miplus. One critical step, selecting the correct profession when setting up your MyPlus account. MDs must file under the Board of Medicine and DOs under the Osteopathic Board. Selecting the wrong one puts your record under the wrong board.
What it costs
The combined application and three-year license fee is three hundred and twenty dollars. A controlled substance license adds two hundred and fifty-four dollars and ten cents if prescribing. Background check runs about seventy dollars. Triennial renewal is three hundred and twenty dollars.
How long it takes
Most licenses take eight to twelve weeks from submission. The IMLC pathway typically issues a Michigan license in two to four weeks. Apply at least four months in advance. If you previously redesignated your SPL during Michigan's brief withdrawal from the compact, confirm your compact records are updated under PA six of twenty twenty-six.
Where applications stall
The delays we see most often, selecting the wrong Lara board in MyPlus, USMLE or COMLEX scores not being transmitted directly from FSMB to Lara, and the two-year postgraduate training requirement catching physicians who assumed one year would be sufficient.
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