Medical Licensure

Here is the information you need to take Step 3, get licensed, and obtain a DEA number.  You’ll need step 3 to get a license, and a license to get a DEA.

For your License application, you will need two peers with a license to sign for you…any chief resident, the associate program director, or program director would be happy to do this for you.

Anytime you need something notarized, please see this page for contacts in the department: http://www.med.umn.edu/ops/resources/home.html

You can use your educational allowance to pay for any of these registration fees.

To take Step 3:

Sample test materials:

• Go to http://www.fsmb.org/usmle_preparation.html

To register for Step 3 online:

NOTE:  Make sure your printer is functioning properly before registering, as you may be charged TWICE if you have to or are forced to re-print a page

• Click on this link and follow the prompts to proceed

OR:

• Go to http://www.fsmb.org/
• Point your mouse over "Examination Services" and click Step 3 Homepage
• Under step 4 click register online
• Follow the prompts to proceed

Don't forget to download the generic Post Graduate Training Form from the Step 3 Instructions page.  This is a form that verifies that you are a pediatric resident.

To find a test center or schedule an exam:

• Go to http://www.prometric.com/Candidates/default.htm
• Your Area of Study is “Professional Licensure & Certification”
• Your Testing Program is “United States Medical Licensing Exam: Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3”
• Click on Locate a Testing Center or Schedule, Reschedule, Cancel, or Confirm an Exam

Minnesota licensure (passing of Step 3 required for licensure):

NOTE:  Licensure is done only every few months so pay close attention to deadlines!

• Click this link
• Download the Physician Application Packet

OR:

• Go to http://www.state.mn.us/portal/mn/jsp/home.do?agency=BMP
• Click License and Registration at the top bar
• Click Forms on the side bar
• Click Physician Forms
• Download the Physician Application Packet

After you submit your packet, you will be notified of a day to come for a “meeting” to obtain your medical license.  It takes an hour or two and involves watching a video and very briefly meeting with someone from the board for them to sign your papers.

DEA registration (Minnesota license required):

• Click this link
• Follow the numbered steps below

OR:

• Go to http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/
• Click on APPLICATIONS & ON-LINE FORMS
• Click on New Registration Applications
• Click on Begin Application Process
• Follow the numbered steps below

1. Under Business Category select "Form 224"
2. Under Business Activity choose "PRACTITIONER"
3. Click "Begin"
4. Use the Pediatric Department’s address as the business address:
   UNIV OF MN DEPT OF PEDIATRICS MMC 391
   420 DELAWARE ST SE
   MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55455
   Phone: 612-624-4477
   Fax: 612-626-7042
5. Sign up for schedule 2 - schedule 5 (not schedule 1)
6. Under “4a” there is no State Controlled Substance No. for Minnesota
7. Print out, sign, and mail in application