Built from each state’s requirement data; the oldest fact here was last verified . Requirements change — confirm with your Board. This is general information, not legal advice.

States

Sources

Show the 17 sources behind this list
  1. Medical Board of California: Continuing Medical Education
  2. Medical Board of California: Physician's and Surgeon's license renewal
  3. Medical Board of California: Current status renewal (initial license renewal, 26-month first term)
  4. Business and Professions Code, Division 2, Chapter 5, Article 10 (sections 2190 to 2196.9): Continuing Medical Education
  5. Business and Professions Code section 2423: license expiration
  6. 16 CCR 1336: Continuing Education Required (Cornell LII)
  7. 16 CCR 1337: Approved Continuing Education Programs (Cornell LII)
  8. 16 CCR 1338: Audit and Sanctions for Noncompliance (Cornell LII)
  9. 16 CCR 1339: Waiver of Requirement (Cornell LII)
  10. Osteopathic Medical Board of California: Continuing Medical Education (effective October 1, 2025)
  11. Osteopathic Medical Board of California: Licensees
  12. Osteopathic Medical Board of California: Policy alert, new laws effective January 1, 2025
  13. Business and Professions Code, Division 2, Chapter 5, Article 21 (sections 2450 to 2459.7): osteopathic physicians, including 2454.5 and 2456.1
  14. Business and Professions Code section 2454.5: osteopathic CME
  15. 16 CCR 1635: Required Continuing Medical Education (Cornell LII)
  16. 16 CCR 1639: Approved Continuing Medical Education (Cornell LII)
  17. 16 CCR 1641: Sanctions for Noncompliance (Cornell LII)

Each state’s page lists its own sources and the date its facts were last verified.