Connecticut · MD and DO
Connecticut: Behavioral health
MD: 1 hour, once every 6 years · DO: 1 hour, once every 6 years.
Last verified against the sources below. Requirements change — confirm with your Board before you rely on this page. This is general information, not legal advice.
MD (medical doctor)
- Hours
- 1 hour
- How often
- Once every 6 years
- Who
- Every licensee
- Renewal cycle
- Renews every 2 years; licenses expire on the last day of your birth month, every year (CME is counted over the 24 months before each renewal).
- Board
- Connecticut Department of Public Health (Connecticut Medical Examining Board)
- The rule
- Confirm with your Board Sec. 20-10b(b)(3): at least one contact hour during the first renewal period in which CME is required, and not less than once every six years after that. The statute (as amended by P.A. 22-58) says behavioral health CME 'may include' at least two contact hours on suicide prevention, or on diagnosing and treating cognitive conditions (Alzheimer's disease, dementia, delirium, geriatric depression) or mental health conditions common to veterans and their families. The Department's CME page still describes the veterans' mental health hours as required ('must include'), which is older wording. Confirm with the Department whether two hours are expected.
DO (osteopathic physician)
- Hours
- 1 hour
- How often
- Once every 6 years
- Who
- Every licensee
- Renewal cycle
- Renews every 2 years; licenses expire on the last day of your birth month, every year (CME is counted over the 24 months before each renewal).
- Board
- Connecticut Department of Public Health (Connecticut Medical Examining Board)
- The rule
- Confirm with your Board Sec. 20-10b(b)(3): at least one contact hour during the first renewal period in which CME is required, and not less than once every six years after that. The statute (as amended by P.A. 22-58) says behavioral health CME 'may include' at least two contact hours on suicide prevention, or on diagnosing and treating cognitive conditions (Alzheimer's disease, dementia, delirium, geriatric depression) or mental health conditions common to veterans and their families. The Department's CME page still describes the veterans' mental health hours as required ('must include'), which is older wording. Confirm with the Department whether two hours are expected.
Facts marked “Confirm with your Board” are unsettled in the sources; the note says what to check.
What to do next
Sources
- Connecticut Department of Public Health — Physician continuing medical education
- Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 370, Sec. 20-10b — Continuing medical education (statutes revised to January 1, 2025; not amended in the 2026 Supplement)
- Connecticut General Statutes Sec. 19a-88(b) — Annual registration in the birth month (2026 Supplement)
- Connecticut Department of Public Health — Health care practitioner renewal information
- Connecticut Office of Legislative Research — 2026 Acts Affecting Health Professions and Institutions (2026-R-0080)
MD facts last verified October 7, 2026 · DO facts last verified October 7, 2026.