Medical Residents
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MSNJ recognizes the importance of residents to the medical community and the public at large. MSNJ offers them a special class of membership — a complimentary membership. Please consider joining msnj for all the benefits it provides. Download and complete the residents membership application. Remember to include your e-mail address so that we can send you e-News, our weekly electronic newsletter.
Starting a Practice in New Jersey
If you wish to start a practice in New Jersey, licenses, certificates, or registration are required from the following three agencies:
- New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners (BME), 140 East Front Street, 2nd Floor, Trenton NJ 08608, (609) 826-7100, ÿor www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/medical.htm.
- Controlled Dangerous Substance (CDS) Registration, Department of Law & Public Safety, Drug Control, PO Box 45022, Newark NJ 07101,ÿ(973)504-6545.
- In addition, the law requires physicians to register their medical license with the county clerk in the physician’s county of residence.
If you need more assistance, contact your county medical society. The address and telephone number of your county medical society is accessible by clicking on County Medical Societies.
You also may wish to obtain the services of a practice management agency or a health law expert.
Members should visit the BME section of this web site for information on licensure, reporting obligations, and continuing medical education. Any physician licensed after July 1, 2003, must complete an orientation course within twenty-four (24) months of becoming licensed. The course will cover topics such as: the function of bme, statutes and regulations governing physicians, and record-keeping.
AMA Tools
The AMA web site includes information on:
- how to select a residency program;
- how to find a job;
- state medical licensure requirements;
- graduate medical education;
- JAMA;
- newsletters;
- practice management and career development;
- references and forms; and
- other valuable information and downloadable products
JAMA Career Net is a web site that offers physicians a searchable job database. It is updated weekly.
The AMA also offers a primer entitled Starting a Medical Practice.
Medical Student Insider is the AMA’s newsletter for medical students.
Accreditation Council For Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Tools
The ACGME web site (link is above) includes an opportunity to order its data book of information onÿresidents enrolled in acgme-accredited programs arranged by state and specialty, among other things.