MD License Requirements

All CME must be AMA approved category I, except for Domestic Violence and Prevention of Medical Errors. Domestic Violence and Prevention of Medical Errors courses offered by any State or Federal Government Agency or professional association including any provider of category I or II AMA continuing medical education will be acceptable.

NOTE: End-of-Life Care and Palliative Care can no longer be completed in lieu of HIV/AIDS or Domestic Violence courses.

NOTE: The following courses are approved by the Board:

Organized courses approved for American Medical Association Category I Continuing Medical Education credits are accepted for the American Medical Association physician recognition award.

Any postgraduate training program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

The following specialty training: American College of Emergency Physicians, Category I; American Academy of Family Physicians prescribed credit; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists cognates; and study courses required by those specialty certification boards approved by the Board for the purpose of sitting for specialty recertification examinations.

Effective April 5, 2005: In addition to the CME courses listed above, up to 5 credit hours per biennium may be fulfilled by performing pro bono medical services for entities under the Department of Health, Volunteer Health Care provider programs, in an area of critical need and in Community and Migrant Health Care Centers.

You may obtain 5 hours CME in risk management by attending a full day of disciplinary hearings at a Board of Medicine Meeting. Although Board Meetings are Fridays and Saturdays, the disciplinary hearings are scheduled on Friday's only. View the list of scheduled Board Meetings. The meetings begin at 8:00 a.m. Upon arrival at the meeting, be sure to sign in with staff. You will be required to sign in again upon your return from lunch. Expect to be in attendance until 5:30 p.m. You will be sent a certificate for your attendance the week following the meeting.

DO License Requirements

Effective 7/1/2006 the continuing education (CE) requirements for licensure renewal in Florida have changed. The Board of Osteopathic Medicine has updated it’s CE requirements to maintain the current educational needs of physicians licensed in this state.

These changes include:
Change the HIV/AIDS continuing education course to be required only for the first renewal. No HIV/AIDS course required after that.
Change the Domestic Violence requirement to a two-hour continuing education course and it is only required once ever third biennium.

All CMEs must be either AOA http://www.aoa-net.org approved category I or AMA http://www.ama-assn.org approved courses. Please contact the AOA or AMA for approved CME Providers.

Up to 10 hours, per biennium, of CME credit may be fulfilled by performance of pre-approved pro bono medical services. For those still in training, six months of training can substitute for 10 hours of the general hour requirement.

**Continuing education with regard to Risk Management, Florida Laws & Rules, Controlled Substances, and the Prevention of Medical Errors must be obtained by completion of live, participatory attendance course.

***Two (2) hours of Domestic Violence is required once every third biennium.
* Sixteen (16) hours is required if you have already taken the 2 hours of Domestic Violence.
All credit hours must be earned within the biennium for which they are claimed.
Up to 10 hours, per biennium, of CME credit may be fulfilled by performance of pre-approved pro bono medical services.

You may also visit the Department of Health's website at www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa. This site contains information relating to licensure requirements, Florida laws and rules, and important phone numbers.