Kentucky MD license renewal deadline: December 31, 2026

What you need to renew

60 hours every 3 years

201 KAR 9:310 Section 3: 60 hours in each three-year continuing education cycle (January 1 to December 31). The Board's schedule names the current cycle as January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2026, so the next runs January 1, 2027 – December 31, 2029. The license itself renews every year on or before March 1 (201 KAR 9:051); at the renewal after a cycle ends you certify the cycle's CME. If the license was not renewed for every year of the cycle, the requirement is 20 hours per year renewed.

• KASPER, pain management and addiction disorders (HB 1)4.5 hours · DEA registrants
• Addiction medicine (buprenorphine prescribers)12 hours · Some physicians
• Domestic violence (and elder abuse) training Confirm with your Board3 hours · Some physicians · One time
• Pediatric abusive head trauma1 hour · Some physicians · One time

What to do next

• Plan my Kentucky MD renewalSee the hours and required topics you still need.
• Read the Kentucky guideEvery requirement explained, with the Board's sources.

Sources

Last verified against these sources on October 7, 2026.

1. Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure — Continuing Medical Education
2. Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure — CME Requirement Schedule, current cycle January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2026 (PDF)
3. Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure — Domestic Violence Requirement (PDF)
4. 201 KAR 9:310 — Continuing medical education (certified effective February 26, 2025)
5. 201 KAR 9:270 — Buprenorphine prescribing standards, 12 hours addiction medicine (effective January 22, 2026)
6. 201 KAR 9:051 — Annual license renewal and registration (on or before March 1)
7. KRS 194A.540 — Domestic violence and elder abuse training for primary care physicians and psychiatrists
8. 2026 HB 412 (not enacted; shows current KRS 311.601 text on pediatric abusive head trauma)