Continuing Education

NEW! CE Broker Information for Providers and Licensees

Important Notice

Effective 7/1/2006 the continuing education (CE) requirements for licensure renewal in Florida has changed.  The Board of Osteopathic Medicine has updated it’s CE requirements to maintain the current educational needs of physicians licensed in this state.  These changes include:

• Change the HIV/AIDS continuing education course to be required only for the first renewal. No HIV/AIDS course required after that.
• Change the Domestic Violence requirement to a two hour continuing education course and it is only required once ever third biennium.

All CMEs must be either American Osteopathic Association (AOA) (http://www.aoa-net.org) approved category I or American Medical Association (AMA) (http://www.ama-assn.org) approved courses.  Please contact the AOA or AMA for approved CME Providers.

Up to 10 hours, per biennium, of CME credit may be fulfilled by performance of pre-approved pro bono medical services.For those still in training, six months of training can substitute for 10 hours of the general hour requirement.

**Continuing education with regard to Risk Management, Florida Laws & Rules, Controlled Substances, and the Prevention of Medical Errors must be obtained by completion of live, participatory attendance course.

***Two (2) hours of Domestic Violence is required once every third biennium.

* Sixteen (16) hours is required if you have already taken the 2 hours of Domestic Violence.

Domestic Violence:Section 456.031, Florida Statutes was revised in 2006 to require the two-hour domestic violence (DV) course be taken as part of every third biennial re-licensure or re-certification.

• If you were already licensed in 2006, the DV requirement is due within 6 years (2012) and then every 6 years thereafter


• If you were licensed in 2007 or after, the DV requirement is due within 6 years of the licensure date and every 6 years thereafter

To determine the year you were licensed:

• Go to the License Verification Search Screen
• Enter your name or license number
• Click Find Provider
• Find and click on your name from the search result list - your original issue date can be found under the General Information tab

If audited, you will be asked to enter all CE in the CE tracking system, free of charge. The tracking system is set-up to check for this course in the six years prior to the audit.

All credit hours must be earned within the biennium for which they are claimed.

Up to 10 hours, per biennium, of CME credit may be fulfilled by performance of pre-approved pro bono medical services.