CME Requirements by State
Alabama
100 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every two years.
Alaska
50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 2 years.
Arizona
40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 2 years.
Arkansas
20 hours of CME annually with 50% of the AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ targeting the main area of practice.
California
50 CME hours in MD AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and 50 MD CME hours every two years.
Colorado
Colorado Physicians are not required by the Colorado Medical Board to obtain continuing education.
Connecticut
50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 2 years.
Delaware
40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 2 years.
Florida
40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 2 years.
Georgia
40 MD/DO CME Credits (≥ 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™) every two years.
Hawaii
40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 2 years.
Idaho
40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 2 years.
Illinois
150 CME credits and 60 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 3 years.
Indiana
No general CME Requirements.
Iowa
40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 2 years.
Kansas
50 credits per year (≥ 20 must be AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™).
Kentucky
60 hours of CME every 3 years, with 30 hours being certified in AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Louisiana
20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ annually.
Maine
≥ 40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 2 years.
Maryland
At least 50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ in the two-year period preceding the license expiration date.
Massachusetts
100 CME and and 50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (AOA 1-A) every two years.
Michigan
150 credits every 3 years (≥ 75 credits must be AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™).
Minnesota
75 credits AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 3 years.
Mississippi
40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 2 years.
Missouri
50 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to be completed every 2 years.
Montana
The Montana Board of Medical Examiners does not require continuing physician education.
Nebraska
50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 2 years.
Nevada
Up to 40 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ depending on when you’re licensed biennially.
New Hampshire
100 CME credits, 40 of which must be AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and the remaining 60 can be either Category 1 or Category 2 every two years.
New Jersey
100 CME credits every 2 years. Of these 100, there must be a minimum of 40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and a maximum of 60 may be Category 2.
New Mexico
75 AOA 1-A credits or 75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 3 years.
New York
The New York State Office of the Professions does not require CME for physicians.
North Carolina
60 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 3 years.
North Dakota
60 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 3 years.
Ohio
100 CME hours every 2 years. A minimum of 50 hours must be AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Oklahoma
60 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 3 years.
Oregon
60 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ or AOA Category 1-A or 2-A credits every 2 years.
Pennsylvania
100 credit hours of CME every two years (≥ 20 must be AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™).
Rhode Island
40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ or AOA Category 1-A credits every 2 years.
South Carolina
40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, AOA Category 1-A credits or another organization approved by the board every 2 years.
South Dakota
The South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners do not require physicians to continue their education.
Tennessee
40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 2 years.
Texas
48 credit hours every 2 years. At least 24 of these hours must be in formal AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ or 1A credits.
Utah
40 hours every 2 years. At least 34 credits need to be AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Vermont
30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 2 years.
Virginia
60 credits every 2 years (30 must be AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™).
Washington
200 credits every 4 years (≥ 120 must be AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™).
Washington D.C.
50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 2 years.
West Virginia
50 credits each in MD AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 2 years.
Wisconsin
30 AMA PRA Category 1™ every 2 years.
Wyoming
60 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 3 years.
Puerto Rico
60 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every 3 years.
Guam
A minimum of 100 credit hours of CME over the past 2 years. Of this, at least 50% (50 credits) must be in AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
American Samoa
American Samoa Health Services Regulatory Board does not require continuing physician education.
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every two years.
Virgin Islands of the United States
25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every year.