What is the Difference Between Retired and Inactive?
Retired Status vs. Inactive Status
The table below displays the Board of
Medicine conversion requirements for Retired and Inactive licensure.
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| RETIRED |
INACTIVE |
- You must pay a one-time fee of $55.00
- The Board will no longer contact you regarding your license
- Retired status does not allow you to continue writing
prescriptions
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- You must renew your license every two years
- Complete required CMEs
- Pay the $250.00 annual assessment fee to NICA
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| REACTIVATING RETIRED LICENSE |
REACTIVATING INACTIVE LICENSE |
- You must submit a written request to convert your retired
license to an active status
- Pay the current licensure fees
- Submit proof of completing 20 hours of CME for each year the
license was in the retired status
- Submit a Financial
Responsibility form (pdf - 35kb)
- Submit proof that you are NICA compliant
- Take the SPEX exam if you have not practiced medicine in another
jurisdiction for 2-years out of the immediate 4-years
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- You must submit a written request to convert your inactive
license to an active status
- Pay current licensure fees
- Submit a license verification form from each state that you were
issued a medical license
- Submit an affidavit listing your medical activities in any
jurisdiction while your Florida medical license was in an inactive
status
- Submit an affidavit attesting to no disciplinary action in
another jurisdiction while your Florida medical license was in an
inactive status
- Submit proof of completing 20 hours of CME for each year the
license was inactive
- Submit proof that you are NICA compliant
- Take the SPEX exam if you have not practiced medicine in another
jurisdiction for 2-years out of the immediate 4-years
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