Florida Physician CE requirements

Q: How many CE hours do physician (md)s need in Florida?

Physician (MD)s in Florida must complete 40 CE hours every 2 years. Renewal is staggered by birth-year parity: January 31 of even-numbered years for licensees born in even years, January 31 of odd-numbered years for those born in odd years.

Physician (MD) — license renewal requirements, sourced from the official board.

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Renewal: Renewal is staggered by birth-year parity: January 31 of even-numbered years for licensees born in even years, January 31 of odd-numbered years for those born in odd years.

Required categories

Controlled-substance prescribing, including pain management and sickle-cell-disease pain content (prescribers; sickle-cell content effective July 1, 2026) (conditional)

Domestic violence (every third renewal)

HIV/AIDS (first renewal)

Prevention of medical errors

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Reporting

CE Broker tracking; attestation at renewal

Representative baseline is for MDs (Board of Medicine); both MDs and DOs require 40 hours every two years but composition differs. DOs (Board of Osteopathic Medicine) require 20 hours of AOA Category 1-A plus Florida laws and rules, risk management/controlled-substance, and medical-error requirements. Composition values here are supported by April 2026 FSMB material; direct current Florida rule URLs were not captured, so verify before relying on these values.

Official source: FSMB continuing medical education by state (April 2026)

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

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