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Massachusetts — CME Requirements SEED
Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts board directly.
- Hours / cycle
- 50 hours every 2 year(s)
- Category rule
- 50 credits, either Category 1 or 2, earned from an ACCME/AOA/AAFP-accredited organization or an ACCME-recognized state medical society, or from point-of-care material
- Reporting method
- not yet verified — do not guess
- CME equivalent (board cert) accepted
- No / not stated
Mandated topics
- End-of-life issues: 2 credits one-time
- Opioid education and pain management: 3 credits if the physician prescribes controlled substances
- Risk management: 10 credits (Category 1 or 2); 2 credits per Board-regulation chapter studied may apply toward it
- Electronic health records: 3 credits (state law)
- Child abuse and neglect training (state law)
- Domestic violence and sexual violence training (state law)
- Alzheimer's Disease and dementia: one-time training for physicians serving adult populations
- Implicit bias in healthcare: 2 credits for initial licensure and renewals (from 2022-06-01, Policy 2021-04); may be applied toward the 10 risk-management credits
Equivalency
No equivalency provision recorded.
Notes
- 1 credit per hour of journal reading or point-of-care resource use in delivering care (Policy 2017-05 'A CME Pilot Program')
- risk-management CME expanded to include physician burnout and wellness topics (Policy 2019-06)
Law citation
BORIM Guidance; BORIM Policies 2017-05, 2019-06, 2021-04; 243 CMR 2.06(a)3
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.