Primary Source Verification
The Colorado Medical Board primary-source verifies the medical education and training of all physicians who obtain a Colorado medical license.
The information
provided on this website and on the Automated
License Information System Online (ALISON) is accurate to the
best of our ability. To verify the timeliness of the information,
the date the information was last updated is displayed in the lower
left corner of each web page. The information on ALISON is "real-time."
This means it is retrieved directly from the Division of Registrations
licensing database at the time a license inquiry is made.
The following are the basic items that are verified before a physician is licensed to practice medicine in Colorado.
- Date of
birth (applicant must be over 21 years of age) is verified
by a copy of the birth certificate or passport.
- A Board
approved medical school is verified by a certified verification
from the school.
- Internship/residency
approved by the Accredited Council
for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or the American
Osteopathic Association (AOA) - 1 year minimum for American
graduates and 3 years minimum for international medical graduates
- is verified by a certified document from that institution.
- A
Board approved medical licensing examination (LMCC, FLEX,
NB, USMLE, state Board exam). Scores are sent directly to this
office from the examining agency.
- All states
in which an applicant may have an active, lapsed (or expired), educational
or temporary license or permit must send verification directly
to the Colorado Board (for purposes of licensure status, the terms "lapsed" and "expired" have the same meaning).
- The last
five years of work history is verified by original letters
sent directly to this office.
- Doctors
must provide proof of malpractice insurance as required
by Colorado law or claim a specific exemption.
- The Federation
of State Medical Boards (FSMB) data bank is queried for any
state board actions.
- The National Practitioners Data Bank / Healthcare Integrity
and Protection Data Bank (NPDB-HIPDB) are
queried for any actions.
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A doctor who has graduated from an international medical school is required to verify passage of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) exam, provide information about the medical school attended, and verify 3 years of ACGME/AOA approved postgraduate training.
The Board may request more information before granting a license.
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