Your Guide to New Mexico's CME Requirements for Licensure
As healthcare advances, New Mexico’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 New Mexico's CME requirements for medical license renewal, offering healthcare practitioners a roadmap to meet their obligations and excel in a demanding, innovative environment.
Understanding New Mexico's CME Requirements
New Mexico, like many other states, mandates that licensed healthcare professionals complete a certain number of CME hours within specific time frames to renew their licenses. The New Mexico Medical Board oversees these requirements, aiming to ensure that healthcare providers in the state remain competent and provide quality care to patients.
Here's an overview of the CME requirements for various healthcare professions: https://www.nmmb.state.nm.us/docs/rules/nmac-16.10.04-2022-02-08.pdf
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Profession: Medical Doctor and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Profession: Medical Doctor (MD) and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
CME Credits Required: 75
Licensure Cycle: Every Three Years
Credit Type: AMA PRA Category, AOA Category 1-A, and AOA Category 1-B credits are required.
Special CME Requirements:
- New Mexico’s Medical Practice Act and Board Rules: 1 credit hour every 3 years.
- Pain Management: federal DEA registration and a New Mexico controlled substance registration are required 5 hours within the first year of licensure and every renewal thereafter.
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General CME Requirements
“Seventy-five hours of continuing medical education are required for all medical licenses during each triennial renewal cycle. CME may be earned at any time during the licensing period, July 1 through June 30 immediately preceding the triennial renewal date. “
New Mexico’s Medical Practice Act and Board Rules CME requirement
“One hour of required CME must be earned by reviewing the New Mexico Medical Practice Act and these board rules. Physicians must certify that they have completed this review at the time they submit their triennial renewal application. “
Pain Management CME Requirement
“The five hours of CME in pain management continuing education set forth in Subsections A and B of 16.10.14.11 NMAC may apply toward the 75 hours required in Subsection A of this section and may be included as part of the required CME hours in pain management in either the triennial cycle in which these hours are completed, or the triennial cycle immediately thereafter. Each subsequent triennial renewal cycle shall include five hours of CME hours in pain management. “
More information on New Mexico CME requirements for physicians on the state medical board.
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