Louisiana · MD and DO
Louisiana: Nutrition and metabolic health (listed specialties)
MD: 1 hour, once every 4 years · DO: 1 hour, once every 4 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 4 years
- Who
- Only some physicians — see the rule note
- Renewal cycle
- Renews every year; licenses expire on the first day of your birth month, every year.
- Board
- Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
- The rule
- Confirm with your Board Act 463 of 2025 (SB 14), R.S. 37:1270(A)(8)(b), effective January 1, 2026: physicians practicing family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, endocrinology, gastroenterology, cardiology, oncology, rheumatology, neurology, nephrology, dermatology, pulmonology, surgery, immunology, hematology, obstetrics or gynecology complete at least one hour of CE on nutrition and metabolic health every four years. The hour is included in, not added to, the annual CME total. The Board must set the content by rule; we found no adopted rule yet, so confirm with the Board how and when it is checked.
DO (osteopathic physician)
- Hours
- 1 hour
- How often
- Once every 4 years
- Who
- Only some physicians — see the rule note
- Renewal cycle
- Renews every year; licenses expire on the first day of your birth month, every year.
- Board
- Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
- The rule
- Confirm with your Board Act 463 of 2025 (SB 14), R.S. 37:1270(A)(8)(b), effective January 1, 2026: physicians practicing family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, endocrinology, gastroenterology, cardiology, oncology, rheumatology, neurology, nephrology, dermatology, pulmonology, surgery, immunology, hematology, obstetrics or gynecology complete at least one hour of CE on nutrition and metabolic health every four years. The hour is included in, not added to, the annual CME total. The Board must set the content by rule; we found no adopted rule yet, so confirm with the Board how and when it is checked.
Facts marked “Confirm with your Board” are unsettled in the sources; the note says what to check.
What to do next
Other states that require it
Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, Texas, West Virginia. Every state that requires it
Sources
- 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))
MD facts last verified October 8, 2026 · DO facts last verified October 8, 2026.