KENTUCKY CME REQUIREMENTS

Credit amount: 60 hours of CME credits per licensure cycle.

AMA/ACOG/AAFP/AOA: 30

CME/Year: 60

Hours/Year: 20

Licensure cycle: 3 years

Equivalent Certificates: AMA PRA, AOA, NSS, GME

Topics: HB 1 requires a minimum of 4.5 hours every licensing cycle for physicians who are authorized to prescribe or dispense controlled substances. HB 157 requires pediatricians, family practitioners, urgent care physicians, emergency medicine, & radiologists to complete 1 hour of training on KBML-approved abusive head trauma. Primary care physicians should complete a 3-hour domestic violence training course within 3 years of the date of initial licensure.

• Primary care physicians who were licensed after July 1, 1996 are required to complete 3 hours of domestic violence CME within 3 years of their initial licensure.
• There are 4.5 hours of prescribing controlled substances CME for physicians who are authorized to prescribe or distribute controlled substances in Kentucky. This CME is required every three year CME cycle period.
• Pediatricians, radiologists, family practitioners, emergency medicine and urgent care physicians are required to complete 1 hour of pediatric abusive head trauma CME within 5 years of initial licensure.

The Kentucky Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission of Kentucky are Kentucky’s governing bodies for CME and medical license requirements. Their mission is to:

“protect the public by ensuring that only qualified medical and osteopathic physicians are licensed and initiating disciplinary action when violations of the Medical Practice Act occur.”

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.