Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Louisiana MD license renewal deadline: depends on your license
On or before the first day of your birth month (online renewal opens 56 days before). Licenses renew every year.
Find your deadline
In Louisiana, the date depends on your license: the first day of your birth month, every year.
Reminders 90, 30 and 7 days before. No account needed.
What you need to renew
20 hours every year
LAC 46:XLV §415 and §417: every license expires each year on the first day of the month in which the licensee was born and must be renewed on or before that date with documentation of the annual CME. §435: at least 20 hours of Board-approved CME each year (10 hours for a retired physician license under §417.D, added August 2025). A license expired less than a year can still be renewed online with a late fee.
- Laws and Rules for Physicians course Confirm with your Board2 hours · First renewal only
- Prescribing controlled dangerous substances (CDS)3 hours · Some physicians · One time
- Treatment of sickle cell disease (emergency medicine) Confirm with your Board1 hour · Some physicians · Every 3 years
- Nutrition and metabolic health (listed specialties) Confirm with your Board1 hour · Some physicians · Every 4 years
What to do next
- Plan my Louisiana MD renewalSee the hours and required topics you still need.
- Read the Louisiana guideEvery requirement explained, with the Board's sources.
Email me my plan
One email with this plan and a link back to it. No account needed.
Sources
Last verified against these sources on October 8, 2026.
- Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners — Renewals (CE Broker required)
- Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners — Board Orientations & Online Courses (first-renewal requirements)
- Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners — Board Approved CME Courses for CDS Requirements
- Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners — Annual Continuing Education Requirements by Practitioner Group (July 20, 2026, PDF)
- LAC 46:XLV Chapter 3 — Physicians, incl. §§415, 417 (renewal) and §§433–449 (CME), August 2025 compilation (PDF)
- LAC 46:XLV Chapter 40 — CME on Controlled Dangerous Substances, §§4001–4005 (PDF)
- Act 744 of 2024 (HB 869) — R.S. 37:1270(A)(8), sickle cell disease CE for emergency medicine (enrolled)
- LSBME notice of intent, April 2026 — proposed CME rule changes (Laws and Rules course, medical review panel credit), redline
- Act 463 of 2025 (SB 14), enrolled — nutrition and metabolic health CE (R.S. 37:1270(A)(8)(b))
A planning aid from the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners's published rules, not legal advice. Confirm your date and requirements with your Board.