COLORADO CME REQUIREMENTS

Credit amount: Colorado requires 100 CME course hours for physicians assistants. There are currently no CME requirements for physicians licensed to practice in Colorado.

AMA/ACOG/AAFP/AOA: Nil

CME/Year: 2

Hours/Year: 2

Licensure cycle:  Biennial

Equivalent Certificates: Nil

Topics: Must complete at least 2 hours of training/licensing cycle related to best practices for opioid prescribing, recognition of substance use disorders, referral of patients with substance use disorders for treatment, and use of the Electronic Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. Licensees who maintain a national board certification that requires equivalent substance use prevention training, or attests to the Board that the health care provider does not prescribe opioids are exempted.

The Colorado Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission of Colorado are Colorado’s governing bodies for CME and medical license requirements. They are responsible for:

"providing consumer protection through its regulation of over 500,000 licensees, registrants, certificants and permit holders within more than 55 professions, occupations and business in the State of Colorado."

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.