Louisiana · MD and DO
Louisiana: Treatment of sickle cell disease (emergency medicine)
MD: 1 hour, once every 3 years · DO: 1 hour, once every 3 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 3 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.
- Providers
- Only courses from providers named in the Board rule count.
- Board
- Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
- The rule
- Confirm with your Board Act 744 of 2024 (R.S. 37:1270(A)(8), effective August 1, 2024): physicians practicing emergency medicine complete an initial 1-hour Board-approved course on treating sickle cell disease, then a 1-hour refresher at least every three years; the Board must post the course on its website. We found no Board rule, course or start date yet, and the Board's July 2026 requirements chart does not list it, so confirm with the Board when it is enforced.
DO (osteopathic physician)
- Hours
- 1 hour
- How often
- Once every 3 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.
- Providers
- Only courses from providers named in the Board rule count.
- Board
- Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
- The rule
- Confirm with your Board Act 744 of 2024 (R.S. 37:1270(A)(8), effective August 1, 2024): physicians practicing emergency medicine complete an initial 1-hour Board-approved course on treating sickle cell disease, then a 1-hour refresher at least every three years; the Board must post the course on its website. We found no Board rule, course or start date yet, and the Board's July 2026 requirements chart does not list it, so confirm with the Board when it is enforced.
Facts marked “Confirm with your Board” are unsettled in the sources; the note says what to check.
What to do next
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.