Nevada MD CME requirements

At a glance: MD (medical doctor)

Hours

40 hours every 2 years

Renewal cycle

Every 2 years

Deadline

June 30 of odd-numbered years, or the next business day if June 30 falls on a weekend or holiday (next: June 30, 2027)

Required topics

7

Hours carry over

No

First renewal

NAC 630.157 prorates the hours for physicians licensed after a biennial period begins: 40 hours if licensed in its first 6 months, 30 in the second 6 months, 20 in the third and 10 in the fourth, all AMA PRA Category 1. The Board's summary keeps the 2-hour ethics and topic requirements at every level. Physicians who completed a full year of residency or fellowship in the U.S. or Canada during the period are exempt (NAC 630.153(2)).

Credit minimum

NAC 630.153(1): all 40 hours must come from programs offering AMA Category 1 credit (Board-approved CME and up to 20 hours for medical review for the Board also count).

Reporting

At biennial registration you submit evidence of the CME in the form the Board requires (NAC 630.153(1)). If you do not, the license is not renewed; it can be reinstated within 2 years by paying twice the registration fee and showing 40 hours of AMA Category 1 credit from the preceding 2 years (NAC 630.153(3)). Failing to obtain the required controlled-substance training is grounds for discipline (NRS 630.306). Keep your certificates; the rules do not set a retention period.

Board

Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners

NRS 630.267: every holder of a license to practice medicine completes biennial registration on or before June 30 of each odd-numbered year; the license expires if registration is not completed. NAC 630.153(1): 40 hours of CME in the preceding 2 years, 2 in medical ethics and 20 in your scope of practice or specialty.

Deadline

• June 30, 2027

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Required topics

• Medical ethics (or pain management, addiction care or SBIRT)2 hours · Every renewal · Every licensee
• Evidence-based suicide prevention and awareness2 hours · Once every 4 years · Every licensee
• Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for substance use disorder2 hours · Once · Every licensee
• Medical consequences of terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction Confirm with your Board1 hour · Once · Every licensee
  NAC 630.154 (still printed in the NAC as checked 2026-10-08): a course on the medical consequences of an act of terrorism involving a weapon of mass destruction, within 2 years of initial licensure (physicians licensed before October 1, 2003 had until September 30, 2005); AMA Category 1, in addition to the 40 hours. But the rule cites NRS 630.253, and the current NRS 630.253 (amended 2025) no longer contains a terrorism or weapons-of-mass-destruction course, and the Board's CME summary does not list it. It is likely obsolete; confirm with the Board before taking it. The rule sets no number of hours: 1 hour is a planning placeholder.
• Substance use and other addictive disorders and the prescribing of opioids2 hours · Every renewal · Physicians registered with the DEA
• Cultural competency and diversity, equity and inclusion (psychiatrists)2 hours · Every renewal · Only some physicians — see the rule note
  NRS 630.253(2)(d) and NAC 630.1567: each psychiatrist completes at least 2 hours each biennial period. Counts toward the 40.
• Stigma, discrimination and unrecognized bias toward people who have or are at high risk of HIV2 hours · Once · Only some physicians — see the rule note
  NRS 630.253(2)(f) and NAC 630.1563 (effective September 16, 2024): physicians who provide or supervise emergency medical services in a hospital, or primary care (family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, OB/GYN), complete at least 2 hours within 2 years after beginning that work. Counts toward the 40.

Credit that counts

• AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™NAC 630.153(1): each program must offer an AMA Category 1 certificate, be approved by the Board, and be sponsored by an organization accredited by the AMA or ACCME. The Board's summary: all CME must be AMA Category 1 or Board approved.
• AAFP Prescribed credit Confirm with your BoardNot named. The rule requires a certificate of AMA Category 1 credit from an AMA- or ACCME-accredited sponsor; AAFP Prescribed credit alone may not meet that. Confirm with the Board.