temporary license in texas

[mhgutierrez02]

Hi all , I'm Melissa Gutierrez MPAS , PA-C. 

Passed my boards February 8th, moved into licensing february 20th. 

Now waiting on my temporary license and licensing

anyone know how long it takes for these to typically go out, im desperate to start working. 

[NeoTrion]

Honestly it depends on how soon your started the process.  I know I was in licensing for at least a month or two before my temporary came through.  Of course that was before the changes that were just made with the board meeting more.  I know that has no bearing on a temporary, but there was more in flux at that time.  I think they are better about getting things moving these days.  I had to get the name of my licensing agent and check with them weekly.  I had multiple instances of TMB saying they didn't get something when I had a signature showing it did.  It didn't hurt to stay on them to make sure these things either got resent or "found."

[mhgutierrez02]

On 3/3/2018 at 1:32 PM, NeoTrion said:

Honestly it depends on how soon your started the process.  I know I was in licensing for at least a month or two before my temporary came through.  Of course that was before the changes that were just made with the board meeting more.  I know that has no bearing on a temporary, but there was more in flux at that time.  I think they are better about getting things moving these days.  I had to get the name of my licensing agent and check with them weekly.  I had multiple instances of TMB saying they didn't get something when I had a signature showing it did.  It didn't hurt to stay on them to make sure these things either got resent or "found."

thank you ! Yes I sent everything that was required for pre licensing in december only thing pending was me passing boards which I did beginning of february so I'm just waiting now ! Hopefully I hear back soon. 

[plant biologist]

Texas tends to be pretty slow based on my experience, sometimes taking several months. I know they have been actively working on trying to speed up the process. The TPAB is understaffed and they have a huge number of applications to process. I would try and get a position and have them train you while you are waiting for the paperwork.