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Beginning June 27, 2023, the DEA will require a one-time attestation of 8 hours of training on management of substance use disorders (SUDs) prior to renewal of a DEA registration. Visit ACP’s Substance Use Disorder hub for more information on how to fulfill this requirement.

A licensee must complete 50 hours of CME every 2 years. All credits can be Category 1 or Category 2 CME.

Massachusetts requirements include:

• Risk management (10 hours of CME, physician burnout and wellness topics may count towards these 10 hours)
• Opioid and Pain management (3 hours of CME for all physicians who prescribe controlled substances)
• Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (one time requirement)
• Domestic and sexual violence (one time requirement must be a dept of public health approved course)
• Electronic health records (3 hours of CME, one time requirement)
• Child abuse and neglect (one time requirement)
• End-of-life training (2 hours of CME, one time requirement)
• Implicit Bias Training (2 hours, can be part of risk management requirement)

Please review this chart outlining CME requirements required as part of license applications or license renewal.

As a benefit to our members, ACP is monitoring Massachusetts’s rules and laws surrounding the prescribing of medical marijuana. Currently, physicians must have completed 2.0 Category 1 CME credits prior to issuing certifications for the medical use of marijuana. Click the link for information from MA's Department of Public Health on the Medical Use of Marijuana. 

Additionally, physicians becoming certified or recertified by a specialty board accredited by the American Board of Medical Specialties or American Osteopathic Board may claim the equivalent of 60 credits in Category 1, exclusive of risk management study. Credits will only apply to the license renewal cycle in which the licensee receives notification from the specialty board of successful passage of the examination. Credit assignment: sixty (60) AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information and the direct credit application can be found at www.ama-assn.org/go/directcredit.  Details can be found here under Specialty Board Certification or Recertification.

The following categories contain activities that may be related to these requirements. Please review the Massachusetts Medical Society site to determine the eligibility of individual activities before completing.

All activities on the Online Learning Center are accredited by the ACCME for AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)TM, unless otherwise noted, and may help meet your ongoing educational and credentialing needs.