Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
Massachusetts MD license renewal deadline: depends on your license
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on your birthday in your renewal year. Licenses renew every 2 years.
Find your deadline
In Massachusetts, the date depends on your license: your birthday every second year (which years depends on when you were first licensed).
Reminders 90, 30 and 7 days before. No account needed.
What you need to renew
50 hours every 2 years
M.G.L. c. 112, s. 2: physicians renew on or before their birthday every second year; if your birthday falls within three months after original registration, the first renewal is on the birthday in the second year after it (February 29 birthdays count as February 28). 243 CMR 2.06(2)(a): an unrenewed license expires at 11:59 p.m. on the renewal date. CME is counted over the two-year period that begins when the license is issued or renewed and ends on the next renewal date (243 CMR 2.06(6)(a)).
- Risk management10 hours
- Study of the Board's regulations (243 CMR 1.00–3.00) Confirm with your Board2 hours
- Implicit bias in health care Confirm with your Board2 hours
- End-of-life care2 hours · One time
- Recognizing and reporting suspected child abuse and neglect Confirm with your Board1 hour · One time
- Domestic violence and sexual violence training Confirm with your Board1 hour · One time
- Opioid education and pain management training3 hours · Some physicians
- Electronic health records (EHR) proficiency3 hours · Some physicians · One time
- Alzheimer's disease and related dementias training Confirm with your Board1 hour · Some physicians · One time
What to do next
- Plan my Massachusetts MD renewalSee the hours and required topics you still need.
- Read the Massachusetts 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.
- 243 CMR 2.06, License Renewals (Cornell LII copy; last amended eff. January 7, 2020)
- 243 CMR 2.01, Definitions — risk management study (Cornell LII copy)
- Board of Registration in Medicine Policy 2017-05, A CME Pilot Program (amended December 19, 2019; copy hosted by the Massachusetts Medical Society)
- M.G.L. c. 112, s. 2 — birthday renewal, EHR proficiency, Alzheimer's training
- M.G.L. c. 112, s. 264 — domestic and sexual violence training
- M.G.L. c. 119, s. 51A(k) — child abuse and neglect training
- FSMB — Continuing Medical Education Board-by-Board Overview (updated August 2026)
- Massachusetts Medical Society — CME requirements for physician license renewal in Massachusetts
- M.G.L. c. 94C §18 — Issuance of registration; prescriber education
- Massachusetts DPH — Criteria and application for DPH-approved domestic and sexual violence training (Chapter 260)
A planning aid from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine's published rules, not legal advice. Confirm your date and requirements with your Board.