Massachusetts Physician CE requirements

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

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50CE hours every 2 yearsVerify with board

Renewal: Biennial renewal in the licensee's birth month.

Required categories

Electronic health records
3h
End-of-life care
2h
Opioid education and pain management (controlled-substance prescribers)
3h
Risk management (includes 2 implicit bias credits)
10h

Details

Reporting
Attestation at renewal

Pilot program in effect from 2018-01-01 replaced the former 100-hour structure: 50 CME credits biennially, all Category 1 or 2, including 10 risk management, 2 end-of-life, 3 opioid/pain for controlled-substance prescribers, and 3 EHR; 2 implicit-bias credits per renewal (from 2022-06-01) count within risk management; study of 243 CMR chapters 1.00–3.00 earns 2 risk-management credits per chapter. Separate one-time trainings in child abuse/neglect, domestic/sexual violence, and (for adult-serving physicians) Alzheimer's/dementia apply under state law.

Official source: Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine — CME pilot program FAQ (Mass.gov)

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

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