Licensure Specialist, Katonya Reynolds
Physician
Complete & Pay Before You Call
- Finish the online application and pay the required fee first.
- Only contact the Board about processing times after the fee is posted.
Submit All Documents Electronically
- GCMB is now paperless — do not mail forms or checks.
- All licensure application documents should be uploaded to our EGov Platform except for the following document types:
- Photo IDs
- Notarized Affidavit of Applicants
- CV/Resumes
- Notarized Citizenship Affidavits
- Malpractice Questionaires
- These outlined documents should instead be uploaded to our NextRequest Platform: https://gcmb.nextrequest.com/
Questions About Renewals
- Use the GCMB Requests Portal or call 404‑656‑3913 (Customer Service).
- Review the new professional‑boundaries question added to the renewal application (see Board notice) before submitting.
Application Review & Decision Flow | ||
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| Stage | What Happens | Typical Time |
| 1 Completion | All required documents have been received. | — |
| 2 Quality Assurance | Secondary staff review ensures compliance with all laws & rules. | Up to 1 week |
| 3 Approval | If no issues are found, a license number is issued. | Immediately after QA |
| 4 Board Review | Applications with concerns go to the next scheduled Board meeting. | Varies by meeting date |
Physician Licensure Requirements (Initial & Reinstatement) — Streamlined Checklists & Submission Links
Physician Types | Description |
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Full | This is a regular medical license. |
Reinstatement | Must Have 40 Hour CME credits along with the other required forms |
| A licensee who wishes to maintain his or her license but who does not wish to practice medicine and surgery in this State may apply to the Board for inactive status by submitting an inactive application and the applicable fee. A licensee with an inactive license may not practice medicine in this State.
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Administrative | Licensees under this license type shall not be authorized to perform any surgical procedure, write prescriptions, or practice any clinical medicine. |
Institutional
| This license type is issued under exceptional circumstances to graduates of international medical schools who an institution wishes to employ but who do not have an independent license to practice medicine in the State of Georgia. The license is jointly awarded to the applicant and the institution, and the practice is limited as provided in Rule 360-10-.07.
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Interstate Medical Licensure Compact | A physician license issued through the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. |
Volunteer-in-Medicine
| A special medical license to qualifying physicians for the sole purpose of practicing medicine in the non-compensated employ of public, not for profit, or nonprofit agencies, institutions, corporations, or associations that provide medical services solely to indigent patients in medically underserved or critical need population areas of the State.
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Physician Teacher
| This license type is issued to physicians licensed and in good standing in other states and foreign countries for the sole purpose of teaching or demonstrating medicine in a Board approved medical college or its affiliated clinic in this State.
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Educational Training Certificate
| A physician licensed in another state or foreign country who intends to enter into this state for the sole purpose of participating in or providing educational training that involves the provision of patient care must apply for an educational training certificate in order to provide patient care. For purposes of this rule "educational training" shall include medical education training, conference, clinics, workshops or courses.
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Residency Training Permit (RTP)
| This permit is mandatory for participation in all postgraduate medical training programs in this State, unless the individual holds a license to practice medicine in this State prior to participating in the postgraduate medical training program or has applied for a temporary postgraduate training permit.
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Emergency Practice Permits | This license type is only offered during an event for which the Governor of the State of Georgia has issued an executive order declaring a disaster or a state of emergency. |
For questions about your pending application for Physician Licensure (Initial or Reinstatement), refer to the contact based on your last name's first alphabetic character:
Licensure Specialist, Mr. Chessley Harris
Licensure Specialist, Sandra Fanning
Licensure Specialist, Debi Bruce
Licensure Specialist, Chyna Sams