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  1. Aug 27, 2024 · State medical boards have a critical role to safeguard the public by ensuring that only ethical, competent, and adequately trained physicians are allowed to practice. They oversee everything from medical school applicants to practice licensing. The architecture of state medical boards varies greatly across the United States: some jurisdictions ...

  2. State medical boards are the agencies that license medical doctors, investigate complaints, discipline physicians who violate the medical practice act, and refer physicians for evaluation and rehabilitation when appropriate. The overriding mission of medical boards is to serve the public by protecting it from incompetent, unprofessional, and ...

    • Carlson Drew, James N Thompson
    • 2005
  3. The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) of the United States is a national non-profit organization that represents the 71 state medical and osteopathic boards of the United States and its territories and co-sponsors the United States Medical Licensing Examination. Medical boards license physicians, investigate complaints, discipline those who violate the law, conduct physician ...

  4. Introduction. This Guide to Medical Regulation in the United States, compiled by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), provides information to the public about the work of the nation’s state medical boards and their mission of public protection. Included is general background information about medical regulation, as well as an ...

  5. Understand first that any state medical board’s top priority is protecting patients. Medical licensure is an avenue by which a state can: Vet new physicians to determine whether they are qualified to treat patients. Investigate complaints brought against physicians. Discipline physicians who violate the medical practice act.

  6. The Role o State Medical Boards A module or medical students and residents

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  8. About FSMB. At the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), we proudly support state medical boards within the United States, its territories, and the District of Columbia. We serve our member boards as they fulfill their mandate of protecting the public’s health, safety, and welfare through proper medical regulation, licensing, and ...

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