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Iowa — CME Requirements SEED
Iowa 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 Iowa board directly.
- Hours / cycle
- 40 hours every 2 year(s)
- Reporting method
- not yet verified — do not guess
- CME equivalent (board cert) accepted
- Yes
Mandated topics
- Child abuse: 2 hours every 3 years for licensees providing primary care to children (Iowa Admin. Code r. 653-11.4(1)); also stated as 2 hours of child abuse identification training in the previous 5 years (r. 653-11.4(272C))
- Adult / dependent-adult abuse: 2 hours every 3 years for licensees providing primary care to adults; also stated as 2 hours identification-and-reporting training in the previous 5 years
- CDC guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain: 2 hours Category 1 every 5 years for licensees who prescribed opioids in the previous license period
- End-of-life training: Category 1 CME credit every 5 years for licensees regularly providing direct patient care to dying patients
Equivalency
participation in an approved resident training program, or ABMS/AOA specialty-board certification or recertification within the licensing period, accepted as equivalent to 50 hours of Category 1 activity (Iowa DIAL Guidance & Iowa Admin. Code r. 653-11.2(2))
Notes
- may include up to 20 hours of credit carried over from the previous license period
Law citation
Iowa DIAL Guidance; Iowa Admin. Code r. 653-11.2(2), 653-11.4(1), 653-11.4(272C)
Sources
- https://www.fsmb.org/siteassets/advocacy/key-issues/continuing-medical-education-by-state.pdf — accessed 2026-07-10 — AGGREGATOR_ONLY
SEED: every source for this jurisdiction is the FSMB aggregator table only (AGGREGATOR_ONLY) — a strong lead, not yet independently confirmed. Confirm with the board before relying on it.
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Data as of 2026-07-10.