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Florida CME Requirements
Continuing Medical Education (CME) is
required for initial licensure and
renewal. The chart below describes these
requirements. CME coursework for
licensees renewing by January 31, 2008
must have been completed between
February 1, 2006 and January 31, 2008.
Licensees should not submit CME
documentation unless audited. Physicians
and/or spouses in the military are
exempt from the CME requirements.
All CME must be AMA approved category I,
except for Domestic Violence and
Prevention of Medical Errors. Domestic
Violence and Prevention of Medical
Errors courses offered by any State or
Federal Government Agency or
professional association including any
provider of category I or II AMA
continuing medical education will be
acceptable.
FREE CMEs/CEs FOR FLORIDA PHYSICIANS,
NURSES, AND DIETICIANS.
The Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion in collaboration
with St. Petersburg College is offering
unique on-demand provider education
modules that address prevention,
treatment and control of:
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Heart Disease and Stroke
• Obesity
Any physician, nurse, or dietician in
Florida can log on to
www.OnlineCE.net, click on DOH, and
access the online registration. You can
complete each module as your schedule
permits. This program is offered at no
charge for Florida providers while
funding lasts. Modules may be accessed
at no fee for those not seeking CME/CE
credits. Non-Florida providers who want
CME/CE credits will be charged a nominal
fee per CME/CE hour.
This CME information is current
for the renewal period ending 1/31/08.
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Required Continuing
Medical Education |
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Initial Licensure |
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2 hours in Prevention of
Medical Errors Education
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First Time License
Renewal |
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1 hour HIV/AIDS |
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2 hours in Prevention of
Medical Errors Education
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Second and Subsequent
Renewals |
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38 hours general CME
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2 hours in Prevention of
Medical Errors Education
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Every third renewal
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2 hours in Prevention of
Medical Errors Education.
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2 hours in Domestic Violence
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36 hours general CME
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For those whose license
expires 1/31/08, the 3rd
renewal will be 1/31/2012.
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NOTE: End-of-Life Care
and Palliative Care can no longer be
completed in lieu of HIV/AIDS or
Domestic Violence courses.
NOTE: The following
courses are approved by the Board:
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Organized courses approved for
American Medical Association
Category I Continuing Medical
Education credits are accepted for
the American Medical Association
physician recognition award.
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Any postgraduate training program
accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Graduate Medical
Education.
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The following specialty training:
American College of Emergency
Physicians, Category I; American
Academy of Family Physicians
prescribed credit; American College
of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
cognates; and study courses required
by those specialty certification
boards approved by the Board for the
purpose of sitting for specialty
recertification examinations.
Effective April 5, 2005:
In addition to the CME courses listed
above, up to 5 credit hours per biennium
may be fulfilled by performing pro bono
medical services for entities under the
Department of Health, Volunteer Health
Care provider programs, in an area of
critical need and in Community and
Migrant Health Care Centers.
You may obtain 5 hours CME in risk
management by attending a full day of
disciplinary hearings at a Board of
Medicine Meeting. Although Board
Meetings are Fridays and Saturdays, the
disciplinary hearings are scheduled on
Friday's only. View the list of
scheduled
Board Meetings. The meetings begin
at 8:00 a.m. Upon arrival at the
meeting, be sure to sign in with staff.
You will be required to sign in again
upon your return from lunch. Expect to
be in attendance until 5:30 p.m. You
will be sent a certificate for your
attendance the week following the
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