As of May 1, 2009, all physicians must renew their licenses online. NO paper renewals will be accepted.

As a courtesy, the Board sends a renewal notice, either by first class mail or by email, to registered physicians approximately two months before their birthday. Physicians may request to have this notice sent via email. The notice contains the Physician File ID#, which is required to renew online. If you lose your Physician File ID# you may recover it by clicking the button at right. After logging in to the renewal system, licensees will be prompted to answer a series of questions and required to provide certain information, if appropriate (information about malpractice payments, for example). The renewal process typically takes 10-15 minutes and licensees pay their renewal fee by Visa or MasterCard when they are done.

The Board will send a Certified Letter of Notice for “failure to register” to any physician who is 30 days delinquent in registering his or her license. (Notices are sent to the physician’s last known mailing address.) If there is no response from that physician within 30 days, the license will automatically become inactive. No other notice will be sent. A physician may NOT practice medicine in North Carolina while his or her license is inactive.

Please be sure to check your spam/junk mail folders for emails from the Medical Board.