News Releases

PHILADELPHIA, PA (February 12, 2020) – Today, the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and the National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®),

FSMB Takes Custody of Hahnemann Hospital Residency Training Program Records WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 28, 2019) – The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has contracted with Hahnemann

Federal Grant Awarded to Expand Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; Support License Portability for PAs Grant focuses on education and outreach to expand license portability WASHINGTON, D.C. (

Report Surveying Digital Credentials in Healthcare Released by FSMB Highlights potential of digitized licensure and credentialing information to enhance public protection while reducing regulatory

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 30, 2019) – The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has released the results of a survey commissioned to measure the prevalence of physician misconduct and public

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 11, 2019) –The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLC) is now active in more than half of U.S. States.

FSMB: Maryland Bill Limits Patient Rights Senate Bill 372 reduces transparency; requires physicians’ disciplinary records to be expunged after three years WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 6, 2019) –The

Michigan Joins Interstate Medical Licensure Compact 27 states and territories now members of the Compact; 4,511 licenses issued WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 8, 2019) – Michigan Governor Rick Snyder

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 3, 2019) – The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission (IMLCC) has announced the election of several commissioners to new leadership

The 2018 report features detailed information about the make-up and policies of each state medical board, physician licensure statistics and aggregate national physician disciplinary