Nebraska MD license renewal deadline: October 1, 2028

What you need to renew

50 hours every 2 years

172 NAC 88-007: all physician and osteopathic physician licenses expire on October 1 of each even-numbered year, regardless of when the license was issued. Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-142: credentials are renewed biennially; a license not renewed by the expiration date expires and must be reinstated. 172 NAC 88-008.01(A)(iii): the 50 hours are earned in the 24 months immediately preceding the expiration date; if you earn more than 50, up to 25 hours carry over to the next 24-month period.

• Prescribing opiates, including 0.5 hour on the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)3 hours · DEA registrants

What to do next

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

Sources

Last verified against these sources on October 7, 2026.

1. Nebraska DHHS Licensure Unit — Medicine and Surgery (physicians and osteopathic physicians): renewal and continuing education
2. Nebraska DHHS — Controlled Substances Continuing Competency Requirement (3 hours on opioids, 0.5 on the PDMP)
3. 172 NAC 88 — Licensure of Medicine and Surgery and Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery (effective June 16, 2020), sections 007–008 (Nebraska Rules and Regulations)
4. 172 NAC 10 — Credentials issued under the Uniform Credentialing Act (effective June 24, 2019), section 004 renewal and waivers
5. Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-145 — Continuing competency requirements; opiate prescribing CE (subsection 6)
6. Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-146 — Continuing competency compliance, waiver and audits
7. Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-142 — Credential expiration and biennial renewal