Featured | Jul 5, 2025
Nevada mandates CME for MDs and DOs, including ethics, opioid prescribing, suicide prevention, and cultural competency. MDs renew biennially with 40 hours; DOs annually with 35 hours, including specific topic-based credits.
As healthcare advances, Nevada’s CME requirements serve as a cornerstone in upholding high standards in medical practice. In this dynamic field, where progress is constant, Continuing Medical Education (CME) ensures healthcare providers remain at the forefront of medical knowledge. This guide explores Nevada's CME requirements for medical license renewal, offering healthcare practitioners a roadmap to meet their obligations and excel in a demanding, innovative environment.
The Nevada Board of Medical Examiners’ CME requirements ensure that physicians remain current with medical knowledge, advancements, and best practices. Here's an overview of the CME requirements:
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-630.html#NRS630Sec253
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nac/nac-633.html#NAC633Sec250
Your credential requirements
Nevada MD
Due: 31 Dec, 2025
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Profession: Medical Doctor (MD)
CME Credits Required: 40
Licensure Cycle: Every Two Years
Special CME Requirements:
One-time requirement
Profession: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
CME Credits Required: 30
Licensure Cycle: Annual
Credit Type: 10 credit hours of AMA or AOA Category 1 CME are required every year.
Special CME Requirements:
“Initial Licensure Date Total # of Hours Required
Prior to 7/1/2023 or 7/1/2023-12/31/2023 40”
“Minimum # of hours in Ethics, Pain Management, or Addiction Care- 2”
“The following continuing medical education (CME) courses must be completed within 2 years of your initial licensure, and need only be completed one time: 4 hours: Bioterrorism, relating to the medical consequences of an act of terrorism that involves the use of a weapon of mass destruction .”
“The following CME must be completed once every 2 years if the category applies to you: If you are registered to dispense controlled substances, 2 hours in Misuse and Abuse of Controlled Substances, Prescribing of Opioids, or Addiction.”
“The following Continuing Education courses must be completed by all licensees one time, by your 2025 renewal: 2 hours: Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT).''
“Additional requirement, must be completed by all licensees within 2 years of your initial licensure, and once every 4 years thereafter: 2 hours: Suicide Detection, Intervention, and Prevention. “
1. Each osteopathic physician applying for renewal of his or her license shall attest to the Board that he or she has attended during the preceding year at least 35 hours of continuing education courses or programs approved by the Board.”
“It must include at least:
(a) Ten hours of category 1A courses; and
(b) Two hours that relate to the misuse and abuse of controlled substances, the prescribing of opioids, or addiction.”
“On or after July 1, 2018, each osteopathic physician shall, not later than 2 years after initial licensure and at least once every 4 years thereafter, attest to the Board when applying for renewal of his or her license that he or she has received the instruction on evidence-based suicide prevention and awareness required by NRS 633.471.”
More information on Nevada CME requirements for physicians on the state medical board
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Medical doctors in Nevada must complete 40 hours of CME every two years. This includes specific topic-based requirements such as ethics, controlled substance prescribing, and suicide prevention.
Source: Nevada Revised Statutes § 630.253
MDs must complete 40 CME credit hours every two years, including:
20 hours in the physician’s scope of practice
Source: Nevada Revised Statutes § 630.253
Mandated topics include:
Bioterrorism – 4 hours, one-time within 2 years of initial licensure
Source: Nevada Revised Statutes § 630.253
CME must be renewed every two years. Some topic-specific requirements (e.g., suicide prevention) follow a 4-year cycle, and others (e.g., bioterrorism) are one-time requirements.
Source: Nevada Revised Statutes § 630.253
DOs must complete 35 CME hours annually, including:
To renew licensure annually, DOs must complete:
Topic-specific requirements for DOs include:
Category 1A osteopathic CME – 10 hours annually
Source: Nevada Administrative Code § 633.250
DOs in Nevada must complete and report CME annually as part of their license renewal. Specific topics like suicide prevention are due every 4 years, while others are required in even-numbered years only.
Source: Nevada Administrative Code § 633.250
