Connecticut Physicians CE Requirements, Accreditations & Approvals

Connecticut Physicians

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.

The Connecticut Department of Public Health and Additional Services accept courses from any provider who is ACCME-accredited and awards AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Continuing Education Requirement

Attention Connecticut Physicians: Governor Lamont has issued an Executive Order suspending for six months the continuing education requirements for physicians. Licensees with expiration dates between April 30, 2020 and October 31, 2020 are not required to complete the continuing education for license renewal. For more information, please visit https://portal.ct.gov/DPH/Practitioner-Licensing--Investigations/Physician/Continuing-Medical-Education.

MDs and DOs are required 50 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ every two years.

At least 1 hour is required in each of the following every six years:

• infectious diseases, including but not limited to, immune deficiency syndrome, and human immunodeficiency virus;
• risk management, including but not limited to, prescribing controlled substances and pain management, and for registration periods beginning on or after October 1, 2019, screening for inflammatory breast cancer and gastrointestinal cancers, including colon, gastric, pancreatic and neuroendocrine cancers, and other rare gastrointestinal cancers;
• sexual assault;
• domestic violence;
• cultural competency; and
• at least 2 contact hours in behavioral health, including, but not limited to, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, delirium, related cognitive impairments and geriatric depression, or mental health conditions common to veterans and family members, which includes determining whether a patient is a veteran or a family member of a veteran, screening for conditions such as PTSD, risk of suicide, depression and grief, and suicide prevention training.

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For More Information

Please contact the Connecticut Department of Public Health and Additional Services at (860) 509-7603 option 3 or http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3121&q=389490&dphNav_GID=1821 for additional information regarding your continuing education.