New Hampshire · MD and DO
New Hampshire: Pain management and addiction disorder (opioid prescribing)
MD: 3 hours, every renewal · DO: 3 hours, every renewal.
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
- 3 hours
- How often
- Every renewal
- Who
- Physicians registered with the DEA
- Renewal cycle
- Renews every 2 years; licenses expire on two years from the date your license was issued or last renewed (the expiration date on your license).
- Board
- New Hampshire Board of Medicine (Office of Professional Licensure and Certification)
- The rule
- Confirm with your Board RSA 318-B:41, VI: prescribers who must register with the state prescription drug monitoring program and hold a DEA number complete "3 contact hours of free appropriate prescriber's regulatory board-approved online continuing education or pass an online examination, in the area of pain management and addiction disorder or a combination, as a condition for initial licensure and license renewal." Med 402.01(o)–(p): courses count if they are AMA PRA Category 1 or ACCME accredited and reference opioid prescribing for pain or opioid use disorder in the course abstract and learning objectives. Flagged: the statute says free, board-approved online CE, while the rule accepts any qualifying Category 1 course — confirm a paid course counts. Counts toward the 100 hours.
DO (osteopathic physician)
- Hours
- 3 hours
- How often
- Every renewal
- Who
- Physicians registered with the DEA
- Renewal cycle
- Renews every 2 years; licenses expire on two years from the date your license was issued or last renewed (the expiration date on your license).
- Board
- New Hampshire Board of Medicine (Office of Professional Licensure and Certification)
- The rule
- Confirm with your Board RSA 318-B:41, VI: prescribers who must register with the state prescription drug monitoring program and hold a DEA number complete "3 contact hours of free appropriate prescriber's regulatory board-approved online continuing education or pass an online examination, in the area of pain management and addiction disorder or a combination, as a condition for initial licensure and license renewal." Med 402.01(o)–(p): courses count if they are AMA PRA Category 1 or ACCME accredited and reference opioid prescribing for pain or opioid use disorder in the course abstract and learning objectives. Flagged: the statute says free, board-approved online CE, while the rule accepts any qualifying Category 1 course — confirm a paid course counts. Counts toward the 100 hours.
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
Alaska, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine and 13 more. Every state that requires it
Sources
- N.H. Admin. Rules Med 100–600 (Board of Medicine) — Med 401 renewal, Med 402 continuing medical education
- RSA 329:16-g — Continuing medical education requirement (amended 2024, 364:10, eff. October 22, 2024)
- RSA 318-B:41 — Rulemaking; opioid continuing education for DEA registrants (amended 2025, 105:2, eff. June 17, 2025)
- RSA 310:8 — License term and renewal (licenses valid 2 years from issuance)
- N.H. Admin. Rules Plc 300 (Office of Professional Licensure and Certification) — Plc 308 renewal and continuing competence (Plc 308.01 eff. August 19, 2025)
- N.H. Office of Legislative Services — Board of Medicine rule filing history (#14644 readoption of Med 400–600)
MD facts last verified October 7, 2026 · DO facts last verified October 7, 2026.