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Board pauses online fictitious‑name permit form after high denial rate; licensing reports median turnaround of about 37 days for complete applications
Summary
Staff reverted the online fictitious‑name permit (FNP) application to a paper form because the shared platform's entity‑type logic was producing many denials; licensing reported 16,272 active licenses, 256 pending physician applications and proposed embedding an attestation form into the Breeze application to reduce delays.
Licensing staff told the board Feb. 13 that the board currently has 16,272 active osteopathic physician and surgeon licenses, 1,194 postgraduate training licenses and 1,082 fictitious‑name permits. Staff reported 256 pending physician and surgeon applications, including 18 requests for expedited review.
Staff described two operational items of note. First, the board temporarily deactivated the online fictitious‑name permit (FNP) application after the Breeze platform…
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