Iowa Board of Medicine

Fiscal Year Statistics

Licensure

Licensure Statistics 
          
Fiscal Year - July 1 to June 30
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
           
Active MD licenses on 6/30
 8,512 8,553 8,542 8,593 8,626
Active DO licenses on 6/30
 1,292 1,302 1,311 1,360 1,384
Total Active Physicians on 6/30
 9,804 9,855 9,853 9,953 10,010
           
MD's residing in Iowa with active licenses on 6/30
 4,999 5,042 5,058 5,092 5,077
DO's residing in Iowa with active licenses on 6/30
 927 955 970 1,010 1,038
Total Residing in Iowa with an Active License on 6/30
 5,926 5,997 6,028 6,102 6,115
         
Physician licenses issued by endorsement in the year
 358 329 400 412 439
Physician licenses issued by examination in the year
 209 219 190 234 196
Total Physician Licenses Issued in the Year
 567 548 590 646 635
         
Physician license applications that were denied in the year
   2 0 1 2
         
Physician licenses renewed(paper & online) in the year
 4,728 4,709 4,648 4,630 4,750
Physician licenses renewed online in the year
 2,904
3,730
 4,098 4,284 4,359
Physician licenses that went inactive in the year
 661 522 602 589 627
         
Physician licenses that were reinstated in the year
 84 75 76 99 97
         
Resident licenses issued in the year
 245 271 267 258 266
Resident licenses renewed in the year
 306 25 16 9 7
Resident licenses that went inactive in the year
 237 270 256 306 272
Active Resident Licenses on 6/30
 679 684 725 711 745
         
Special licenses issued in the year
 8 9 12 7 3
Special licenses renewed in the year
 21 26 30 35 33
Special licenses that went inactive in the year
 3
2
 5 8 8
Total Active Special Licenses on 6/30
 30 37 44 43 38
         
Temporary licenses issued in the year
 7 11 17 10 14
Temporary licenses renewed in the year
 3 2 4 5 1
Temporary licenses that went inactive in the year
 4 12 14 14 8
Total Active Temporary Licenses on 6/30
 5 2 7 3 4
         
Acupuncture licenses issued in the year
 7
1
 3 4 6
Acupuncture licenses renewed in the year
 22
na
 26 0 32
Acupuncture licenses that went inactive in the year
 5
0
 1 0 1
Total Active Acupuncture Licenses on 6/30
26
27
29
33
38