Tennessee Physician Assistant (PA) CE requirements

Physician Assistant — license renewal requirements, sourced from the official board.

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100CE hours every 2 yearsVerify with board

Renewal: Biennial renewal in the licensee's birth month; renewal year follows birth-year parity (even birth year renews in even years, odd birth year in odd years).

Required categories

Controlled substance prescribing (incl. TN treatment guidelines on opioids, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, carisoprodol)
2h

Details

100 hours of CME approved by the AAPA, AMA, or ACCME within the 2-year period before renewal; Category I/II split must match NCCPA logging standards. Attestation at renewal; documentation kept 4 years, produced only on audit. For NCCPA-certified PAs, the qualifying 2-year period may be the most recent 2-year NCCPA certification cycle. The 2-hour controlled-substance prescribing requirement applies to all licensees regardless of DEA registration (per the Board's CE page).

Official source: Tennessee Department of Health — Board of Physician Assistants, Continuing Education

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

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