Helpful Tip: Continuing Medical Education – Attend a Board Meeting

The Florida Board of Medicine requires licensed physicians to complete forty hours of continuing medical education (CME) for license renewal every two (2) years by January 31. There are specifically required CME and there are about 38 hours of general CME.  The CME requirements are listed below:

General Hours     38        General AMA Category I CME Courses

Prevention of Medical Errors     2          Courses on most common medical errors

Prescribing Controlled Substances     2          Board-approved 2-hour courses on prescribing controlled substances required of all physicians registered with USDEA

Domestic Violence     2          Required every third biennium: 2-hour course can be included in 38 general hours

One of the ways physicians can earn CME credit is by attending one (1) full day of Board of Medicine disciplinary hearings to receive five (5) hours CME in risk management and/or ethics. Future Board of Medicine meeting dates and locations:

February 6, 2026, in Jacksonville, Florida

April 17, 2026, in Aventura, Florida

June 5, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Florida

August 7, 2026, in St. Augustine, Florida

October 2, 2026, in Lutz, Florida

December 4, 2026, in Dania Beach, Florida

            Be sure to sign in with Board staff in the back of the room when you arrive. Staff may also require you to sign in at various times throughout the day as well but be sure to sign out prior to leaving. Failing to do so will result in you not receiving credit.

About a week after the meeting, Board staff will send you a letter confirming that you earned five (5) hours CME in risk management and/or ethics and they will also upload that letter to your CE Broker account.

During the disciplinary process, many physicians are required to attend five (5) hours of CME in risk management. As long as the physician is not on the current agenda, the physician may also attend one (1) full day of Board of Medicine disciplinary hearings to receive the credit. In this situation, the process noted above is the same; however, the Compliance Management Unit will also be notified of your attendance to satisfy the CME terms of the Final Order. When CME is ordered as part of the disciplinary process, it cannot be used for renewal of the your license.