Pennsylvania CME Requirements
What you need to know about Pennsylvania medical license renewal and board certification
Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine CME Requirements
Annual State CME Requirements for Pennsylvania
100 total hours every 2 years
✔ 20 AMA PRA Category 1
✔ 12 Patient Safety and/or Risk Management
✔ 2 Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting
Approved activities in the area of patient safety and risk management may include the following topics:
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2017, Individuals applying for an initial license or certification issued by the licensing board, which license or certification authorizes the licensee or certificate holder to be a dispenser or prescriber, to submit, no later than 12 months after obtaining an initial license or certification, documentation acceptable to the licensing board of the completion of at least two (2) hours of education in pain management or identification of addiction and at least two (2) hours of education in the practices of prescribing or dispensing of opioids.
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Pennsylvania Department of State
100 total hours every 2 years
✔ 20 AMA PRA Category 1
✔ 12 Patient Safety and/or Risk Management
✔ 2 Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting
Approved activities in the area of patient safety and risk management may include the following topics:
- Improving medical records and recordkeeping
- Professional conduct and ethics
- Improving communications
- Preventative medicine
- Healthcare quality improvement
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2017, Individuals applying for an initial license or certification issued by the licensing board, which license or certification authorizes the licensee or certificate holder to be a dispenser or prescriber, to submit, no later than 12 months after obtaining an initial license or certification, documentation acceptable to the licensing board of the completion of at least two (2) hours of education in pain management or identification of addiction and at least two (2) hours of education in the practices of prescribing or dispensing of opioids.
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Pennsylvania Department of State
Pennsylvania State Board of Osteopathic Medicine CME Requirements
Annual State CME Requirements for Pennsylvania
100 total hours every 2 years
✔ 20 AOA Category 1-A
✔ 12 Category 1 or Category 2 on Patient Safety and/or Risk Management
In order to renew a license, completion of 100 credit hours of continuing medical education in the preceding biennial period, which runs from November 1 of an even year through October 31 of the next even year, will be required for osteopathic physicians.
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State Board of Osteopathic Medicine
100 total hours every 2 years
✔ 20 AOA Category 1-A
✔ 12 Category 1 or Category 2 on Patient Safety and/or Risk Management
In order to renew a license, completion of 100 credit hours of continuing medical education in the preceding biennial period, which runs from November 1 of an even year through October 31 of the next even year, will be required for osteopathic physicians.
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State Board of Osteopathic Medicine
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✔ All state CME requirements are available and easily accessible for quick study and compliance
✔ Peer-reviewed revisions by board-certified experts keeps content fresh
✔ Media banks featuring high-resolution images, diagrams and more for reference and teaching applications
✔ Provides AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits
✔ Adaptive learning and other smart utilities built-in
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