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Florida — CME Requirements VERIFIED
Florida physician CME requirements, summarized from the FSMB board-by-board overview and, where noted, the board's own published rules. Built for hospitalists and other physicians tracking a multi-state license portfolio — not a substitute for checking with the Florida board directly.
- Hours / cycle
- 38 hours every 2 year(s)
- Board
- Florida Board of Medicine
- Reporting method
- ce_broker_mandatory
- CME equivalent (board cert) accepted
- No / not stated
DOH Division of Medical Quality Assurance reviews CE records in the electronic tracking system (powered by CE Broker) automatically at renewal; incomplete records must be entered before renewal proceeds
Mandated topics
- HIV/AIDS: 1 hour Category 1
- Prevention of medical errors: 2 hours Category 1 or 2, incl. second and subsequent renewals (not counted in the 38)
- Domestic violence: 2 hours Category 1 or 2 every third renewal
- Prescribing controlled substances: 2 hours AMA Category 1 or AOA Category 1-A each biennial renewal for DEA registrants authorized to prescribe; eff. 2026-07-01 must include pain management for patients with sickle cell disease (2026 SB 844)
Equivalency
No equivalency provision recorded.
Osteopathic (DO) board differs. FL-O: 40 h/2 yr; 1 hour each risk management / Florida laws & rules / controlled substances + 2 hours prevention of medical errors; 20 hours general AOA Category 1-A osteopathic CE; 1-hour HIV/AIDS by first biennial renewal; 2-hour domestic violence every third biennial renewal; same DEA controlled-substance rule (Fla. Admin. Code Ann. r. 64B15-13.001)
Notes
- 38 hours is exclusive of the 2-hour medical-errors course
Law citation
FL BOM Guidance; Fla. Admin. Code Ann. r. 64B8-13.005, 64B8-9.0131; Fla. Stat. Ann. 456.0301
Sources
- https://www.fsmb.org/siteassets/advocacy/key-issues/continuing-medical-education-by-state.pdf — accessed 2026-07-10 — AGGREGATOR_ONLY
- https://flboardofmedicine.gov/continuing-education-ce/ — accessed 2026-07-10 — VERIFIED
VERIFIED: at least one source for this jurisdiction was checked directly against the board's own page or the actual rule text.
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Data as of 2026-07-10.