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New York — CME Requirements VERIFIED
New York 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 New York board directly.
- Hours / cycle
- not specified in the dataset — do not guess; confirm with the board
- Board
- New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions (Board for Medicine); mandated trainings administered with NYS DOH
- Reporting method
- attestation_plus_certificates
- CME equivalent (board cert) accepted
- No / not stated
infection control: attest at registration; hospital-affiliated licensees keep the certificate (hospital verifies at credentialing), non-hospital-affiliated submit the Certificate of Completion to DOH; exemptions via DOH Bureau of Healthcare Associated Infections
Mandated topics
- Child abuse identification and reporting: 2 hours (one-time)
- Infection control and barrier precautions: coursework or training once every 4 years
- Pain management, palliative care, and addiction: at least 3 hours for DEA-registered prescribers of controlled substances, incl. residents prescribing under a facility DEA number (8 NYCRR 59.12, 59.13)
Equivalency
No equivalency provision recorded.
Notes
- New York does not have a set number of required CME credit hours for physician license renewal
Law citation
N.Y. Comp. Codes, R. & Regs. tit. 8, §§ 59.12, 59.13; AMA Ed Hub
Sources
- https://www.fsmb.org/siteassets/advocacy/key-issues/continuing-medical-education-by-state.pdf — accessed 2026-07-10 — AGGREGATOR_ONLY
- https://www.op.nysed.gov/mandated-training-related-infection-control — 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.