Earning CME for relicensure

The AMA's State Medical Licensure Requirements and Statistics includes 33 tables on licensure regulations and statistics, broken out on a state-by-state basis.

One of the most commonly requested tables is Table 16: State Medical/Osteopathic Board Regulations on Continuing Medical Education for Licensure Reregistration (PDF, 48KB)

Sixty-two boards require continuing medical education (CME) for license reregistration. Some states also mandate CME content, such as HIV/AIDS, risk management, or end of life palliative care. In addition, many states also require that a certain percentage of CME be AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ or equivalent. Forty-three states accept the AMA PRA certificate or application as equivalent for purposes of licensure reregistration. Also accepted by some states are certificates/awards of the American Osteopathic Association (11), American Board of Medical Specialties (27), a state medical society (10), and a national specialty society (six) as well as completion of graduate medical education residency/fellowship programs (31).

Note: Data shown in this table were supplied by state medical and osteopathic licensing boards via the 2008 Medical Licensure Survey from the AMA.