Illinois Physician Continuing Medical Education (CME) Requirements for Licensure Registration
Credit amount:
150 hours of CME credits per licensure cycle. There are no CME requirements for first time license renewals.
AMA/ACOG/AAFP/AOA: 60
CME/Year: 150
Hours/Year: 50
Licensure cycle: 3 years
Equivalent Certificates: AMA PRA, SMS, NSS, GME
Topics: As of January 1, 2020, physicians in Illinois must complete 3 CME hours in safe opioid prescribing practices and 1 CME in sexual harassment prevention. Over 100 CME credits can be taken on any topic.
Learn about Illinois’s governing bodies for CME
The Illinois Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission of Illinois are Illinois’s governing bodies for CME and medical license requirements. Their mission is to:
“licenses and regulates over 1 million professionals and firms in Illinois including a variety of healthcare related professions such as doctors and nurses.”
Additional information can be found on their
website which includes information pertaining to basic requirements, educational requirements, frequently asked questions, requests for license verification, and more.
All information from Federation of State Medical Boards is subjected to change. It should be verified independently.
