Physician and Surgeon License Verification (formerly known as Letters of Good Standing)
License Verifications are letters sent to other state and/or country medical boards
to verify the status of a license. These letters are required by other boards to
assist them in determining if there is any reason to prohibit or delay licensure
by alerting boards of past or pending disciplinary action.
There are two options available to request a license verification:
- A License Verification may be obtained by contacting
VeriDoc. This is an online company that processes license verifications for
the Board. The fee is $27 and once the request is made, the License Verification
is emailed to the other state board the next business day.
- A License Verification may be obtained by contacting the Board. Please note the
process takes approximately 4 to 6 weeks to complete. To request a License Verification
the following must be provided:
- Written communication requesting the Medical Board of California produce a license
verification letter(s);
- Contact information (phone number, email address) of the physician/individual requesting
the license verification letter(s);
- Complete name and California license number of each physician for whom the license
verification letter is being requested;
- Complete name and address of the other state and/or country medical board(s) where
each letter will be sent via U.S. Mail; and
- A check made out to the Medical Board of California for each license verification
letter requested at the rate of $10.00 per license verification letter. Currently,
no credit card payments are accepted for this service.
The required information and fee listed above must be sent to:
-
Licensing Program
Medical Board of California
2005 Evergreen Street, Suite 1200
Sacramento, CA 95815
Contact the Board’s Consumer Information Unit with questions at:
- Toll-Free: 800-633-2322
- Phone: 916-263-2382
Examination Scores
California State Board Examination scores will be provided by the Board's Licensing
Program for an additional $10 and are only available if the examination was taken
prior to 1969.
Otherwise, examination score requests should be made by contacting the following
agencies: