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IMLC Renewal Process For West Virginia Physicians Licensed Through the IMLC Process and Whose Last Names Begin With The Letters A Through L

Renewal will begin at 8:30 am EDT on May 1, 2024.  All renewed licenses will be valid until 11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on June 30, 2026. Failure to renew by 4:30 pm EDT on Friday, June 28, 2024 will result in license expiration.

Renewal Process

Physicians who were granted a West Virginia medical license through the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact “IMLC” licensing process must renew through the IMLC process. This is a separate and distinct process from the Board’s traditional online renewal application.  

Renewal of your IMLC pathway West Virginia medical license is a two-step process.

STEP 1

A.        Beginning May 1, 2024, complete the IMLC renewal application.  The Board will send you a link to the IMLC renewal page on May 1, 2024. 

B.        Submit your payment to the IMLC.  The West Virginia medical license renewal fee is $400.   The IMLC service fee for renewal is $25.  Accordingly, your total payment to the IMLC will be $425. 

STEP 2

A.        After you successfully complete the IMLC renewal process, including payment of your West Virginia renewal fee and IMLC processing fee, Board staff will transmit the West Virginia Renewal Addendum to you, via DocuSign, to your email address on record with the Board. You must complete, sign and submit your West Virginia Renewal Addendum within 30 days to complete the renewal process. Failure to complete and return the forms within thirty days will result in a referral to the Complaint Committee for possible disciplinary action. 

B.        Upon receipt of your complete West Virginia Renewal Addendum, the Board will provide you with a renewal wallet card.

There are specific statutory requirements you must satisfy to be eligible to renew, including specific continuing medical education requirements.  Additionally, if you have prescribed or dispensed any Schedule II, III, IV and/or V controlled substances pursuant to a West Virginia medical license you must have obtained and maintained access to the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy's Controlled Substance Monitoring Program (CSMP) database. IMLC expedited licensees who have been disqualified from renewing through the IMLC by the Interstate Medical Licesnure Compact Commission may not utilize this pathway to maintain licensure, and should contact the Board for information on whether additional options for licensure are available.

CME Reminder

Renewal applicants must successfully complete  all required CME between July 1, 2022 and the date that a renewal application is submitted.

Proof of West Virginia Controlled Substance Monitoring Program

 Database Registration

Physicians who have prescribed or dispensed any Schedule II, III, IV and/or V controlled substances pursuant to a West Virginia medical license since July 1, 2022, must verify registration and access to the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy’s Controlled Substance Monitoring Program (CSMP) database.  Renewal applicants will be required to provide the date of his or her CSMP registration as it appears on his or her West Virginia Board of Pharmacy certificate. Please obtain a copy of the certificate before renewing.