North Dakota · MD and DO
North Dakota: Nutrition and metabolic health
MD: 1 hour, every renewal · DO: 1 hour, 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
- 1 hour
- How often
- Every renewal
- Who
- Every licensee
- Renewal cycle
- Renews every 2 years; licenses expire on your birthday every other year (a new license expires on the second birthday after the Board approves it).
- Board
- North Dakota Board of Medicine
- The rule
- Confirm with your Board N.D.C.C. 43-17-27.1(2), added by Senate Bill 2401 in the January 2026 special session and effective on filing: the Board 'shall require physicians to complete a minimum of one hour of continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health each renewal cycle.' As of October 7, 2026 the Board's CME page and rule 50-04-01 do not yet mention it, so the start date, whether it counts within the 40 hours, and whether board certification in lieu of CME also covers it are not settled. Plan on one hour inside your 40 and confirm with the Board.
DO (osteopathic physician)
- Hours
- 1 hour
- How often
- Every renewal
- Who
- Every licensee
- Renewal cycle
- Renews every 2 years; licenses expire on your birthday every other year (a new license expires on the second birthday after the Board approves it).
- Board
- North Dakota Board of Medicine
- The rule
- Confirm with your Board N.D.C.C. 43-17-27.1(2), added by Senate Bill 2401 in the January 2026 special session and effective on filing: the Board 'shall require physicians to complete a minimum of one hour of continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health each renewal cycle.' As of October 7, 2026 the Board's CME page and rule 50-04-01 do not yet mention it, so the start date, whether it counts within the 40 hours, and whether board certification in lieu of CME also covers it are not settled. Plan on one hour inside your 40 and confirm with the Board.
Facts marked “Confirm with your Board” are unsettled in the sources; the note says what to check.
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Sources
- North Dakota Board of Medicine: Continuing Medical Education
- North Dakota Board of Medicine: Renew or reactivate a medical license
- North Dakota Board of Medicine: Physician FAQs (license expiration)
- North Dakota Board of Medicine: ND abortion laws training
- N.D. Admin. Code chapter 50-04-01 — Continuing medical education standards (amended April 1, 2024)
- N.D. Century Code chapter 43-17 (section 43-17-27.1, physician continuing education)
- Senate Bill 2401 (2026 special session) — adds one hour of nutrition and metabolic health CME
MD facts last verified October 7, 2026 · DO facts last verified October 7, 2026.