The state’s participation in the compact lapsed in March 2025 due to a sunset provision after previous efforts to remove 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 ...

Already, a multistate licensure compact for nurses, strongly supported by the nursing workforce, is well underway. Now, physicians have the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLC), an evolving ...

The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) announced today an award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to support state medical and osteopathic boards in establishing a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mar. 17—SANTA FE — Amid a chronic health care worker shortage, New Mexico lawmakers are weighing proposals to make it easier for licensed out-of-state practitioners to work in the state. A package of ...

Medical licensure compacts have been a priority this session as lawmakers attempt to address the health care worker shortage.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of state & federal policy and politics. Four years after Governor Greg Abbott and Texas legislators ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bill that would ease the process for out-of-state doctors to become licensed in the state is headed to Gov. Michelle Lujan ...

Rhode Island is the fifteenth state to have the Interstate Compact for Medical Licensure introduced in its Legislature, with the introduction of HB 5571 by Representatives Joseph M. McNamara, Joseph J ...