Arizona DO CME requirements

At a glance: DO (osteopathic physician)

Hours

40 hours every 2 years

Renewal cycle

Every 2 years

Deadline

December 31 of your renewal year (the statute says on or before January 1; a penalty fee applies after 30 days and the license expires four months after the renewal date)

Required topics

1

Hours carry over

No

First renewal

Confirm with your Board Neither A.R.S. 32-1825 nor R4-22-207 waives or prorates CME at the first renewal. Completing an approved postgraduate training program or preceptorship during the renewal period satisfies all 40 hours (R4-22-207(B)). We plan for the full 40; confirm with the Board if your first renewal comes less than two years after licensure.

Credit minimum

R4-22-207(A)(1)–(2): at least 24 hours AOA Category 1-A, and no more than 16 hours AMA Category 1. The rule names no other credit type, so AOA Category 1-B and Category 2 do not appear to count.

Reporting

You report CME on the renewal application. Acceptable proof is your AOA CME printout or certificates showing your name, course title, provider, category, hours and date (R4-22-207(C)). The Board may ask for documentation. Waivers (disability, military service, absence from the U.S. or circumstances beyond your control) and extensions to no later than May 1 must be requested between 60 days before and 30 days after the renewal date (A.R.S. 32-1825(C); R4-22-207(D)–(G)).

Board

Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners in Medicine and Surgery

A.R.S. 32-1825: every licensee renews every other year on or before January 1, with at least 40 clock hours of Board-approved CME in the two preceding years. The Board's renewal page says licenses are due December 31 of either even- or odd-numbered years, depending on the license, and that notices go out the last Friday in October. R4-22-207(A): 40 hours in the two years before renewal. A June 26, 2026 proposed rulemaking (oral proceeding July 30, 2026) would amend R4-22-207 and add a CME audit rule (R4-22-208); it was not final when this was checked.

Deadline

• December 31, 2026

  DO licenses due in even-numbered years

• December 31, 2027

  DO licenses due in odd-numbered years

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Required topics

• Opioid-related, substance use disorder-related or addiction-related prescribing CME3 hours · Every renewal · Physicians registered with the DEA

Credit that counts

• AOA Category 1-AR4-22-207(A)(1): at least 24 of the 40 hours must be CME the AOA classifies as Category 1-A.
• AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™R4-22-207(A)(2): no more than 16 hours may be AMA Category 1 credit approved by an ACCME-accredited provider.
• AAFP Prescribed credit Confirm with your BoardNot named in the rule. AAFP Prescribed credit could only count as AMA Category 1 from an ACCME-accredited provider, inside the 16-hour cap. Confirm with the Board.