New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions (State Board for Medicine)
New York MD license renewal deadline: depends on your license
The end of your registration period; online renewal opens in its final 5 months. Licenses renew every 2 years.
Find your deadline
In New York, the date depends on your license: the end of your current two-year registration period, shown on your registration certificate (the license itself is for life).
Reminders 90, 30 and 7 days before. No account needed.
What you need to renew
No general hour minimum
New York sets no general CME hours. Physicians (MD and DO) re-register every two years (Education Law 6502 and 6524). The mandated trainings run on their own clocks: infection control every 4 years, pain management/palliative care/addiction every 3 years after your first attestation, and child abuse reporting once (with a 2026 curriculum update).
- Infection control and barrier precautions (including sepsis) Confirm with your Board2 hours · Every 4 years
- Identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment Confirm with your Board2 hours · One time
- Pain management, palliative care and addiction3 hours · DEA registrants · Every 3 years
What to do next
- Plan my New York MD renewalSee the hours and required topics you still need.
- Read the New York 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 6, 2026.
- NYSED Office of the Professions: Physicians
- NYSED: Mandated training for physicians
- NYSED: Mandated training related to child abuse (physicians)
- NYSED: Mandated training related to infection control (physicians)
- NYSED: Infection control and barrier precautions FAQ
- NYSED: NYSDOH mandatory prescriber education
- NYSED: Online registration renewal
- Education Law Article 130, Subarticle 1 (sections 6502 and 6507)
- Education Law Article 131 (section 6524, biennial registration)
- NYSDOH: Mandatory prescriber education
- NYSDOH: Mandatory prescriber education guidance (PDF)
- NYSDOH: Mandatory prescriber education / NEAT FAQs, updated October 2026 (PDF)
- NYSDOH: Health care provider infection control training
- Public Health Law section 239 (NYSDOH)
A planning aid from the New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions (State Board for Medicine)'s published rules, not legal advice. Confirm your date and requirements with your Board.