New York

At a Glance

Category	Details
IMLC Member	No
FCVS	Required
NP Independent Practice	Yes (does not require an NP to practice under physician supervision)
PA Independent Practice	No
Physician-Owned PC Allowed	Yes
Max NPs per Physician	No Limit
Max PAs per Physician	4

Licensure

Item	Cost
Initial License	$735
Renewal Fee	$600
Renewal Cycle	Biennial
Annualized Cost	$300
Controlled Substance Registration	No

Endorsement & Reciprocity

Not yet researched — whether this state offers license-by-endorsement or reciprocity, and its prerequisites, is being verified.

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APC Supervision

In-state requirement for supervising physicians: MD must be licensed/practicing in NY.

Nurse Practitioners

NPs can practice independently after 3,600h of supervised practice in New York.

• Maximum NPs per physician: No Limit (FPA)

Physician Assistants

PAs require physician supervision in New York.

• Maximum PAs per physician: 4

Additional Notes

Hospitals may have separate bylaws.

CME & Training Requirements

Requirement	Details
Total CME	100 hours
Category 1 Minimum	Contact board
Cycle	Triennial
DEA MATE Act	8 hrs one-time (federal)
Jurisprudence Exam	Not required

Fingerprint Requirements

Detail	Info
Required	No
FBI Check	Unknown
Method	Contact board
Out-of-State Options	Contact board

Malpractice Insurance

• Required for licensure/practice: No

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Giving Up a License

• Status after lapse: A New York physician license itself never expires (valid for the holder's life unless revoked/annulled/suspended), but the licensee must periodically register (triennially) to be authorized to practice; a licensee whose registration has lapsed may not practice until re-registered and back in actual possession of the registration certificate.
• Lapse consequences: A licensee who fails to register by the start of the registration period must pay an additional late-filing fee of $10 for each month registration is delayed; a person resuming practice after a lapse of registration during the last two years of a triennial period gets a prorated 1/3 refund of the registration fee per full year elapsed.
• Reinstatement: Because the license itself does not expire, 'reinstatement' in New York is functionally re-registration: submit a proper registration application and the registration fee (plus any accrued late fee) to resume practice; the department also screens for professional-misconduct information before issuing registration/re-registration, which can delay it up to 30 days absent grounds for summary action.

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Quirks & Gotchas

Application Requirements

• Multiple supplemental forms required** beyond Form 1 (the main application):
• Form 2: Education certification — must be sent directly by your medical school, not by you.
• Forms 2CC-A & 2CC-B: Required if any clinical clerkship was done outside the school’s country of study. The clerkship director and hospital director each submit separately.
• Form 2PGT: Postgraduate training certification — must be mailed directly by the hospital, and must be signed less than one month before your program completion date. Miss that window and you wait.
• Form 3A: If you were licensed or practiced internationally within the last 5 years, the foreign jurisdiction must send verification directly. You cannot submit it yourself.
• Form 5CS: If applying for a limited permit, your employer must submit this supervision certification — you cannot control or expedite it.
• If you withdraw and reapply, you are treated as a brand new applicant and pay full fees again. Non-refundable.

Fees

• Initial licensure: $735** (includes first registration period).
• Limited permit: $105** (non-refundable, regardless of outcome).
• M.D. degree conferral (for foreign medical graduates already licensed in NY who want an actual M.D. conferred): additional $300 fee**, credit card only.
• 2-year registration cycle** for physicians (most other NYS professions renew every 3 years), meaning renewal fees hit more frequently.
• No separate jurisprudence exam fee — NY does not require a jurisprudence exam for initial licensure.

Jurisprudence Exam

• New York does not require a standalone jurisprudence exam. This is one area where NY is actually simpler than many states.

Fingerprints & Background Check

• Fingerprinting is not mentioned as a requirement on the NYSED Office of the Professions physician licensing pages. NY does not currently mandate fingerprinting for initial medical licensure (unlike some other states), but this should be independently confirmed as rules change.

IMGs / International Medical Graduates

• FCVS is mandatory** (not optional) for all graduates of non-LCME / non-AOA / non-CACMS-accredited programs (effective December 1, 2002). Contact: 888-ASK-FCVS or 817-868-5000.
• FCVS initial processing: ~8 weeks for domestic cases; 10–11 weeks for international graduates.
• IMGs must have ECFMG certification or completion of 3 years of accredited postgraduate training (vs. only 1 year for US/Canadian graduates). This is a significant difference that catches IMGs off guard.
• The NYSED makes a subjective determination about curriculum equivalency for foreign medical programs. Appeals are not described on the site.
• IMGs already licensed who want NY to formally confer an M.D. degree must apply separately with a $300 fee after obtaining their NY license.

CME & Mandatory Training

• NY does not have a general CME hour requirement tied to license renewal for physicians (unlike many states). The NYSED does not require you to report or attest to CME hours at renewal.
• The only mandatory education requirement tied to renewal is the NYSDOH 3-hour prescriber course (for DEA holders) and the initial child abuse / infection control trainings.
• This surprises many physicians used to other states with 50–100 hour CME mandates.

Timeline

• After all documentation is submitted: allow 6 weeks before even querying status.
• FCVS adds 8–11 weeks before your file can be considered complete.
• Form 2PGT must be submitted by your residency program no more than 1 month before your completion date — meaning you cannot initiate this part of the application too early.
• Limited permits cannot exceed 4 years total and cannot be transferred between facilities without departmental approval.

Other Gotchas

• Vishing scam alert (active as of June 2026):** NYSED has issued warnings about phone scams impersonating SED employees asking for licensure information. Do not provide any information to unsolicited callers. NYSED’s call center also experienced an outage as of June 2, 2026.
• Complaints and disciplinary matters for physicians go through NY DOH’s Office of Professional Medical Conduct (health.ny.gov) — a separate agency from NYSED. You can be investigated by DOH even while your license sits with NYSED.
• Acupuncture certification for physicians requires a separate application and process entirely.
• Physician supervisors of PAs: capped at 4 PAs per physician in private practice settings.
• The “DO NOT use Form 1” warning is real — if you are already licensed in NY in any capacity, using the wrong form starts a new application and wastes fees and time.

Researched from state board websites and regulatory sources. Verify with the board directly before applying.

Resources

• New York State Board for Medicine
• FSMB State Licensure Directory
• Interstate Medical Licensure Compact

Sources

Data compiled from state medical board websites, FSMB, and regulatory filings.

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