In 2013, the Federation of State Medical Boards developed a framework for an Interstate Medical Licensure Compact to allow for medical license portability allowing physicians to practice in multiple ...

If you are a Connecticut physician considering providing telemedicine across state lines, expanding your practice just became significantly easier. On March 15, 2026, the Interstate Medical Licensure ...

Wyoming, South Dakota and now Utah have signed the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact into law, allowing physicians to become licensed in other states more quickly. Utah signed on last Friday, South ...

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico lawmakers are focusing on health and retaining doctors, with a bill to join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact now heading to the governor. The proposal, which ...

North Carolina lawmakers are considering legislation that would significantly increase access to qualified doctors, especially in low-income and rural areas, through an interstate medical licensure ...

The Department of Health and Human Services will give $2.5 million to expand the reach of professional interstate licensure compacts, it announced Tuesday at the Health Resource Services ...

Physician shortages are affecting states nationwide, driven in part by an aging population and physician burnout. New Mexico’s physician shortage mirrors this national trend, and because these ...

SANTA FE — An interstate medical compact bill is moving on to the full Senate, though with substantial changes advocates fear will deter its purpose. House Bill 243 seeks to have New Mexico join the ...

Officials launched the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission, which makes it easier for physicians to obtain licenses in multiple states, Medscape reports. 1. The compact allows physicians ...

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