What CE categories are required for physician assistants in District of Columbia?

Category 1 CME (at least 40 hours of the 100): 40 hours; Category 1 or Category 2 CME (60 hours; general remainder of the 100): 60 hours; LGBTQ cultural competency (2 hours per renewal; counted within the 100; still required even when substituting NCCPA certification): 2 hours; Topics designated as a public health priority by the Director (10 hours, i.e. 10% of the 100, per renewal; counted within the 100; still required even when substituting NCCPA certification): 10 hours. Board rules change — verify against the official source.

District of Columbia Physician Assistant (PA) CE category requirements

How the 100 CE hours every 2 years breaks down by category for physician assistants in District of Columbia, sourced from the official board.

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Required categories

Category 1 CME (at least 40 hours of the 100)

40h

Category 1 or Category 2 CME (60 hours; general remainder of the 100)

60h

LGBTQ cultural competency (2 hours per renewal; counted within the 100; still required even when substituting NCCPA certification)

Topics designated as a public health priority by the Director (10 hours, i.e. 10% of the 100, per renewal; counted within the 100; still required even when substituting NCCPA certification)

10h

100 hours of approved CE every 2 years: at least 40 Category 1 hours and 60 hours of Category 1 or Category 2 CME (17 DCMR Ch. 49 section 4906.4). The 100 hours include 2 hours in LGBTQ cultural competency and 10 hours in Director-designated public-health-priority topics. Per the DC Board of Medicine CE Requirements page (current as of 2026-10-01, corroborated by the official PA Reinstatement Application Checklist): 'PAs may substitute NCCPA certification for the one hundred (100) hours, however, they will still be required to complete the required hours of CE in the subject area of LGBTQ cultural competency and the public health priorities' — the NCCPA in-lieu qualification supersedes the unqualified 17 DCMR Ch. 49 section 4906.6 (2007) text. Caveat: DC Health notes a District-wide transition to birth-month renewal; during the transition 50% of required CE is accepted for <2-year terms, but the 2-hour LGBTQ and 10% public-health-priority hours remain mandatory.

Official source: DC Board of Medicine — CE Requirements (official, current as of 2026-10-01); official PA Reinstatement Application Checklist; 17 DCMR Ch. 49 (Physician Assistants) sections 4901.1, 4906.4, 4906.6 (2007)

Full requirements: District of Columbia Physician Assistant (PA) CE requirements
When it's due: District of Columbia Physician Assistant (PA) license renewal deadline

⚠️Board rules change. Verify every figure against the official source before relying on it.

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