Iowa Board of Medicine

Calendar Year Statistics

Licensure

Calendar Year - Janauary 1 to December 31
          
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
           
Active MD licenses on 12/31
 8,501 8,530 8,547 8,542 8,664
Active DO licenses on 12/31
 1,290 1,303 1,329 1,373 1,416
Total Active Physicians on 12/31
 9,791 9,833 9,876 9,915 10,080
           
MD's residing in Iowa with active licenses on 12/31
 5,011 5,024 5,063 5,050 5,116
DO's residing in Iowa with active licenses on 12/31
 941 966 995 1,033 1,058
Total Physicians Residing in Iowa with an Active License on 12/31
 5,952 5,990 6,058 6,083 6,174
           
Physician licenses issued by endorsement in the year
 346 381 389 435 458
Physician licenses issued by examination in the year
 204 197 200 217 218
Total Physician Licenses Issued in the Year
 550 578 589 652 676
           
Physician licenses that were denied in the year
 2 1 0 2 2
           
Physician licenses renewed(paper & online) in the year
 4,831 4,652 4,689 4,613 4,722
Physician licenses renewed online in the year
 3,624 3,853 4,311 4,284 4,409
Physician licenses that went inactive in the year
 565 553 583 625 581
         
Physician licenses that were reinstated in the year
 72 77 93 88 109
           
Resident licenses issued in the year
 250 263 274 261 263
Resident licenses renewed in the year
 299 27 17 9 7
Resident licenses that went inactive in the year
 279 252 274 294 281
Active Resident Licenses on 12/31
 549 574 594 596 618
         
Special licenses issued in the year
 4 16 8 4 3
Special licenses renewed in the year
 26 27 34 34 32
Special licenses that went inactive in the year
 0 3 8 8 6
Total Active Special Licenses on 12/31
 30 43 43 39 36
Temporary licenses issued in the year
 8 18 12 7 22
Temporary licenses renewed in the year
 3 3 6 2 0
Temporary licenses that went inactive in the year
 7 16 8 13 15
Total Active Temporary Licenses on 12/31
 4 3 8 2 9
         
Acupuncture licenses issued in the year
 2 2 4 4 7
Acupuncture licenses renewed in the year
 0 26 0 32 0
Acupuncture licenses that went inactive in the year
 3 0 1 1 0
Total Active Acupuncture Licenses on 12/31
 27 28 32 35 42