- To participate in the Compact, a physician must hold a full, unrestricted medical license in a Compact member jurisdiction that can serve as a State of Principal License (SPL). To see which jurisdictions are current members of the Compact, follow this link: Compact State Map | Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (imlcc.org).
- At least one of the following also must apply:
- The physician’s primary residence in the SPL.
- At least 25% of the physician’s practice of medicine occurs in the SPL.
- The physician is employed to practice medicine by a person, business, or organization located in the SPL.
- The physician uses the SPL as his or her state of residence for U.S. Federal Income Tax purposes.
- The physician must:
- Have graduated from an accredited osteopathic medical school, or a school listed in the International Medical Education Director.
- Have successfully completed graduate medical education accredited by the ACGME or AOA.
- The Board does not consider the USMLE or FLEX exams to be comparable to the NBOME. (NOTE: Passing the Canadian Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC) does not satisfy this requirement).
- In addition, physicians must:
- Not have any history of disciplinary actions against their medical license.
- Not have any criminal history.
- Not have any history of controlled substance actions against their medical license.
- Not currently be under investigation.
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