Florida Physicians CE Requirements, Accreditations & Approvals
Florida 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 Florida Board of Medicine accepts courses from any provider who is ACCME-accredited and awards AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
The Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine accepts a maximum of 8 hours from any provider who is AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.*
In addition, NetCE is an approved provider through the Florida Board of Medicine, CE Broker Provider #50-2405. NetCE will electronically report successful course completions to CE Broker.
Continuing Education Requirement
NEW Opioid Requirement-Effective July 1, 2018, any physician registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and authorized to prescribe controlled substances must complete 2 hours every renewal on the safe and effective prescribing of controlled substance medications from a Florida professional association of physicians, located in the state of Florida. The course must be completed by January 31, 2019. Contact the Florida Board of Medicine at (850) 245-4131 for more information regarding your continuing education requirement.
MDs: Required 40 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ every two-year licensing
period.
Requirements include:
- 2 hours in Medical Error Prevention, every renewal;
- 2 hours in Domestic Violence, every third renewal;
- One-time requirement of 1 hour in HIV/AIDS at initial renewal.
- NEW Opioid Requirement-Effective July 1, 2018, any physician registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and authorized to prescribe controlled substances must complete 2 hours every renewal on the safe and effective prescribing of controlled substance medications from a Florida professional association of physicians, located in the state of Florida. The course must be completed by January 31, 2019. Contact the Florida Board of Medicine at (850) 245-4131 for more information regarding your continuing education requirement.
DOs: Required 40 hours every two-year licensing period, 20 of which must be AOA
Category 1. A maximum of 8 hours may be taken by home
study.*
Requirements include:
- 1 hour in Medical Ethics education (must be live/ participatory), every renewal;
- 2 hours of Medical Error Prevention (must be live/ participatory), every renewal;
- 2 hours of Domestic Violence is required (may be home study), every third renewal;
- 1 hour in Florida Laws and Rules (must be live/ participatory), every renewal;
- 1 hour on the Federal and State Laws Related to the Prescribing of Controlled Substance (must be live/ participatory), every renewal;
- One-time requirement on 1 hour in HIV/AIDS (may be home study), at initial renewal.
- NEW Opioid Requirement -Effective July 1, 2018, any physician registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and authorized to prescribe controlled substances must complete 2 hours every renewal on the safe and effective prescribing of controlled substance medications from a Florida professional association of physicians, located in the state of Florida. The course must be completed by January 31, 2019. Contact the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine at (850) 245-4161 for more information regarding your continuing education requirement.
*NetCE courses are considered home study.
For More Information
Please contact the Florida Board of Medicine at (850) 245-4131 or http://www.flboardofmedicine.gov/renewals/ or the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine at (850) 245-4161 or http://floridasosteopathicmedicine.gov/renewals/ for additional information regarding your continuing education.
