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AOA CME Guide for Osteopathic Physicians

Definition of Category 1 and 2 (1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B) CME credit as well as the AOA CME requirements for AOA membership.

AOA CME GUIDE FOR OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS

CME Requirements for Florida Relicensure

In order to retain their Florida licenses, osteopathic physicians must earn a set number of hours of Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit.

All Osteopathic Physicians must complete the following required courses for their Florida Licensure Renewal:
Course                                                                                                               Hours       Live/Participatory

Florida Laws and Rules & Professional and Medical Ethics                         1                         Yes
Prescribing Controlled Substances (New Opioid Course)                           2                          No
Prevention of Medical Errors                                                                             2                          Yes

• You must complete 40 total continuing medical education hours, including the required hours above.
• 20 continuing medical education hours must be AOA Category 1-A hours; these hours may include any required course above if the required course is certified in Category 1-A by the AOA.
• You may only complete 8 total home-study hours to satisfy renewal requirements (see Home Study Hours, below).
• No more than 5 hours of CME credit in the area of risk management will be awarded to licensees in each biennium.
• Risk Management CMEs must be taken via live participatory hours
  
  ​REMEMBER: Any FOMA CME meeting you attend you will receive ALL of your MANDATORY hours and those hours will be reported to CE Broker and the AOA for you as a member benefit !

Licensure Periods:

(Previous) April 1, 2016- March 31, 2018
(Current) April 1, 2018- March 31, 2020
(Next) April 1, 2020- March 31, 2022

To help Florida's osteopathic physicians earn these credits, the FOMA holds several meetings each year.  Our Annual Convention is held each spring in Fort Lauderdale and our Mid-Year Seminar is held each fall in Tampa. We also hold smaller meetings around the state throughout the year.  Discounts on registration rates are available to all FOMA members.

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