25th Annual Scientific Assembly

Maintenance of Certification by State

Select your state in the table to view the MOC requirements where you practice.

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

 

Alabama

Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners
License period: 1 year
Credit hours required: 25

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Alaska

Alaska State Medical Board
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required:  50

MOC Requirements

2 hours Pain Management and Opioid Use / Addiction

Arizona

Arizona Medical Board
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 40

MOC Requirements

1 hour Opioid Prescribing

Arkansas

Arkansas State Medical Board
License Period: 1 year
Credit hours required: 20

California

Medical Board of California
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 50

MOC Requirements

12 hours Pain Management (one-time requirement)

12 hours Care of the Terminally Ill (one-time requirement)

Colorado

Colorado Medical Board
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: No minimum requirement

Connecticut

Connecticut Medical Examining Board
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 50

MOC Requirements

1 hour Cultural Competency

1 hour Domestic Violence

1 hour Infectious Disease

1 hour Risk Management

1 hour Sexual Assault

Delaware

Delaware Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 40

MOC Requirements

2 hours Controlled Substance Prescribing

Florida

Florida Board of Medicine
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 40

MOC Requirements

2 hours Medical Errors Prevention

1 hour HIV/AIDS

2 hours Domestic Violence (every third renewal)

Georgia

Georgia Composite Medical Board
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 40

MOC Requirements

3 hours Controlled Substance Prescribing

Hawaii

Hawaii Medical Board
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 40

Idaho

Idaho State Board of Medicine
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 40

Illinois

Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
License Period: 3 years
Credit hours required: 150

Indiana

Indiana Professional Licensing Agency
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 2

MOC Requirements

2 hours Opioid Prescribing and Opioid Abuse

Iowa

Iowa Board of Medicine
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 40

MOC Requirements

2 hours Pain Management

2 hours End-of-Life Care

2 hours Child Abuse and Reporting (every 5 years)

Kansas

Kansas Board of Healing Arts
License Period: 1 year
Credit hours required: 50

Kentucky

Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure
License Period: 3 years
Credit hours required: 60

MOC Requirements

4.5 hours Controlled Substance prescribing

1 hour Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma

3 hours Domestic Violence

Louisiana

Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
License Period: 1 year
Credit hours required: 20

Maine

Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 40

MOC Requirements

3 hours Opioid Prescribing

Maryland

Maryland Board of Physicians
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 50

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 50

MOC Requirements

2 hours End of Life Care

3 hours Pain Management

10 hours Risk Management

3 hours Electronic Medical Records (one-time requirement)

Michigan

Michigan Board of Medicine
License Period: 3 years
Credit hours required: 150

MOC Requirements

1 hour Medical Ethics

1 hour Pain Management

Minnesota

Minnesota Board of Medical Practice
License Period: 3 years
Credit hours required: 75

Mississippi

Mississippi State Board of Med Licensure
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 40

MOC Requirements

5 hours Controlled Substance prescribing

Missouri

Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 50

Montana

The Montana Board of Medical Examiners
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: No minimum requirement

Nebraska

Nebraska Board of Medicine and Surgery
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 50

Nevada

Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 40

MOC Requirements

2 hours Medical Ethics, Pain Management, or Addiction Care

2 hours Opioid Prescribing and Misuse of Controlled Substances

2 hours Suicide Detection, Intervention, and Prevention (every 4 years)

New Hampshire

New Hampshire State Board of Medicine
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 100

MOC Requirements

3 hours Opioid Prescribing or Opioid Use Disorders

New Jersey

New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 100

MOC Requirements

2 hours End-of-Life Care

6 hours Cultural Competency (one-time requirement, not included in the 100 hours)

New Mexico

New Mexico Medical Board
License Period: 3 years
Credit hours required: 75

MOC Requirements

5 hours Pain Management

New York

New York State Education Department
License Period: 3 years
Credit hours required: No minimum requirement

MOC Requirements

1 hour Infection Control

1 hour Pain Management

1 hour Palliative Care

1 hour Addiction Medicine

2 hours Child Abuse Identification and Reporting (one-time requirement)

North Carolina

North Carolina Medical Board
License Period: 3 years
Credit hours required: 60

MOC Requirements

3 hours Controlled Substance Prescribing

North Dakota

North Dakota State Board of Medical Examiners
License Period: 3 years
Credit hours required: 60

Ohio

State Medical Board of Ohio
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 100

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision
License Period: 3 years
Credit hours required: 60

MOC Requirements

1 hour Controlled Substance Prescribing

Oregon

Oregon Medical Board
License Period: 1 year
Credit hours required: 30 hours

MOC Requirements

6 hours Pain Management or Care of the Terminally Ill (one-time requirement)

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 100

MOC Requirements

12 hours Patient Safety or Risk Management

2 hours Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting

2 hours Pain Management or Addiction Medicine or Opioid Prescribing

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 40

MOC Requirements

4 hours Ethics or Risk Management or Opioid Pain Management / Chronic Pain Management or End of Life / Palliative Care or Antimicrobial Stewardship

South Carolina

South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 40

MOC Requirements

2 hours Controlled Substance Prescribing

South Dakota

South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: No minimum requirement

Tennessee

Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 40

MOC Requirements

2 hours Controlled Substance Prescribing

Texas

Texas Medical Board
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 48

MOC Requirements

2 hours Medical Ethics and/or Professional Responsibility (Risk Management, Domestic Abuse or Child Abuse)

Utah

Utah Department of Commerce Division of Occupational and Professional Licensure
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 40

MOC Requirements

3.5 hours Controlled Substance Prescribing

Vermont

Vermont Board of Medical Practice
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 30

MOC Requirements

1 hour Hospice or Palliative Care or Pain Management

1 hour Controlled Substance Prescribing

Virginia

Virginia Department of Health Professions
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 60

MOC Requirements

2 hours Controlled Substance Prescribing

Washington

Washington State Medical Quality Assurance Commission
License Period: 4 years
Credit hours required: 200

West Virginia

West Virginia Board of Medicine
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 50

MOC Requirements

3 hours Controlled Substance Prescribing and Drug Diversion

Wisconsin

State of Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
License Period: 2 years
Credit hours required: 30

MOC Requirements

2 hours Opioid Prescribing

Wyoming

Wyoming Board of Medicine
License Period: 3 years
Credit hours required: 60