New Hampshire Physician Assistants CE Requirements, Accreditations & Approvals

New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire State Board of Medicine accepts courses from any provider who is ACCME-accredited and awards AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™.

Continuing Education Requirement

PAs must show evidence of certification through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) each year. Licensees who hold a DEA license number, as a condition of license renewal, are required to complete 3 hours of continuing education in opioid prescribing for the management or treatment of pain, or for the treatment of opioid use disorders each year.

Beginning with DEA initial registrations or renewals starting June 27, 2023, all DEA-registered practitioners (with the exception of DVM-only license holders) are required 8 hours on treating and managing patients with opioid or other substance use disorders, including the appropriate clinical use of all FDA-approved drugs for the treatment of a substance use disorder, one-time only.

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Please contact the New Hampshire State Board of Medicine at (603) 271-1203, or refer to https://www.oplc.nh.gov/board-medicine for additional information regarding your continuing education.

For additional information regarding NCCPA's continuing education requirement please access their website at https://www.nccpa.net/maintain-certification/continuing-medical-education/.

Please visit https://www.oplc.nh.gov/board-medicine-opioid-prescribing for more information regarding opioid prescribing education.