Maryland Physician Assistants CE Requirements, Accreditations & Approvals
Maryland Physician Assistants
In
support of improving patient care, NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for
Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to
provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a jointly accredited provider, NetCE is authorized to award Category 1 CME Credit to physician assistants certified through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
The Maryland Board of Physicians accepts courses from any provider who is ACCME-accredited and awards AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™.
Continuing Education Requirement
PAs are required 50 hours every two years, 42 of which must be AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™, or must provide proof of maintenance of certification through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. A minimum of 8 hours must be on the topics of pharmacology.*
All physician assistants applying for a new or renewal registration to dispense or prescribe controlled dangerous substances from the Office of Controlled Substances Administration (OCSA) must complete a one-time requirement of 2 hours on the prescribing or dispensing of controlled dangerous substances.
NEW For first renewal on or after 4/1/2022, licensees involved in perinatal care are required to take implicit bias training, one-time only.
*For the first renewal after initial licensure, licensees are exempt from general continuing education and only the 8 hours of pharmacology topics are required.
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Please contact the Maryland Board of Physicians at (410) 764-4777 or (800) 492-6836, or refer to https://www.mbp.state.md.us/ and http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/comarhtml/10/10.32.03.09.htm for additional information regarding your continuing education.