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Our online E/M coding courses have been approved for 10.25 hours of Prescribed CME by the American Academy of Family Practice and 12 CEU credits by the American Academy of Family Practice..

AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the AMA as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Many of the state licensing boards will accept AAFP Prescribed credit from members to meet CME requirements. AAFP recommends that participants contact their association to see if they will accept AAFP Prescribed credit.

To see if your state accepts AAFP credits as AMA equivalents, check the list below:
Alabama
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 24/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 12
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG

24
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent ACOG, AAFP
Alaska
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 34/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 17
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 17
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA PRA, ABMS, AOA, APA
   
Arizona
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 40/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG ABMS, GME
Arizona DO
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 40/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 20
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent none
Additional Notes Category 1A only
   
Arkansas
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 40/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG

20
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA PRA
California
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 100/4yrs
Average Hours per Year 25
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 100
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA PRA, AAFP, CMA, CAFP
State-mandated CME Content *Pain management /geriatric medicine
   
California DO
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 100/3yrs
Average Hours per Year 50
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 90
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA PRA, AAFP, CMA, CAFP, AOA
60 hours Category 1-A or 1-B in
State-mandated CME Content pain management/geriatric med
Colorado
Required CME Hours per Year(s) None
   
Connecticut
Required CME Hours per Year(s) None
Delaware
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 40/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 40
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA PRA, AOA
   
District of Columbia
Required CME Hours per Year(s) None
Florida
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 40/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 40
Category 1 Hours Required  
State-mandated CME Content *HIV/AIDS, domestic violence
   
Florida DO
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 40/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 40 (AMA, AOA)
Category 1 Hours Required  
State-mandated CME Content/ Additional Notes HIV/AIDS, domestic viol., risk management,         FL rules/laws, managed care,                      2 hrs prevention of medical errors
Georgia
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 40/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 40
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA PRA, AOA, AAFP, ACOG, ACEP
   
Guam
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 100/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 50
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 50
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA PRA, AOA, AAFP, ACOG, ACEP
Hawaii
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 40/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 40
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA PRA
   
Idaho
Required CME Hours per Year(s) None
Illinois
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 150/3yrs
Average Hours per Year 50
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 60
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA PRA, AOA
   
Indiana
Required CME Hours per Year(s) None
Iowa
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 40/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 40
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA, AOA, GME
State-mandated CME Content Child/dependent adult abuse
   
Kansas
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 150/3yrs
Average Hours per Year 50
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 60
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA, ABMS, GME, AOA
Kentucky
Required CME Hours per Year(s)

60/3yrs
Average Hours per Year 20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 30
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent HIV/AIDS; course must be approved by Kentucky Cabinet for Health Svcs
   
Louisiana
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 20/1yrs
Average Hours per Year 20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 20
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA PRA
State-mandated CME Content/ Additional Notes One-time Board Orientation course
Maine MDs & DOs
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 100/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 50
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 40
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA, ABMS, AAFP (except DOs)
   
Massachusetts
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 100/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 50
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 40
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA PRA
State-mandated CME Content/ Additional Notes Study board reqs; risk mgmt
Maryland
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 100/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 50
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 40
Category 1 Hours Required  
State-mandated CME Content/ Additional Notes * See note below
   
Michigan
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 150/3yrs
Average Hours per Year 50
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 75
Category 1 Hours Required  
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent

AMA
Michigan DO
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 150/3yrs
Average Hours per Year 50
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG 40
Category 1 Hours Required  
   
Minnesota
Required CME Hours per Year(s)

75/3yrs
Average Hours per Year 25
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG Category 1 Hours Required 75

Certificates Accepted as Equivalent

 AMA, MOCOMP
Mississippi
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 40/2 yrs
Average Hours per Year 20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG Category 1 Hours Required 40
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent ABMS, AOA, AAFP, ACOG
Missouri
Required CME Hours per Year(s)

50/2yr
Average Hours per Year 25
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG Category 1 Hours Required 30

Certificates Accepted as Equivalent

AAFP
Montana
Required CME Hours per Year(s) None
   
Nebraska
Required CME Hours per Year(s)

50/2yr
Average Hours per Year 25
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG Category 1 Hours Required 50

Certificates Accepted as Equivalent

AMA PRA
Nevada
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 40/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG Category 1 Hours Required 40
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent Ethics (2 hrs), 20 hrs in specialty
New Hampshire
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 150/3yrs
Average Hours per Year 50
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG
Category 1 Hours Requireds		 60
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent

AMA, ABMS
Additional Notes Credits reported
to NH Med Soc
New Jersey
Required CME Hours per Year(s) None
   
New Mexico
Required CME Hours per Year(s)

75/3yr
Average Hours per Year 25
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG
Category 1 Hours Required		 75
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA, ABMS, AAFP, ACOG, USMLE
New York
Required CME Hours per Year(s) None
State-mandated CME Content Infection control, child abuse
   
North Dakota
Required CME Hours per Year(s)

20/1yr
Average Hours per Year 20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG
Category 1 Hours Required		 20
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA PRA,
AOA, AAFP
North Carolina
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 150/3 yrs
Average Hours per Year 50
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG
Category 1 Hours Required		 60
   
Ohio
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 100/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 50
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG
Category 1 Hours Required		 40
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA PRA
Additional Notes CME must be certified by OSMA or OOA
Oklahoma
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 60/3 yrs
Average Hours per Year 20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG
Category 1 Hours Required		 60
Certificates Accepted as
Equivalent		 AMA PRA, ABMS
   
Oklahoma DO
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 16yrs
Average Hours per Year 16
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG
Category 1 Hours Required		 16
State-mandated CME Content/ 1 hr of which must be on prescribing
Additional Notes controlled substances (every 2 yrs)
Oregon
Required CME Hours per Year(s) None
   
Pennsylvania
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 100/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 50
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG
Category 1 Hours Required		 Regulation being drafted
State-mandated CME Content/ Regulation being drafted
State-mandated CME Content/
Additional Notes		 Regulation being drafted
Pennsylvania DO
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 100/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 50
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG Category 1 Hours Required 20
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent Regulation being drafteds
State-mandated CME Content/
Additional Notes		 Regulation being drafted
   
Puerto Rico
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 60/3yrs
Average Hours per Year 20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG
Category 1 Hours Required		 40
Rhode Island
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 60/3yrs
Average Hours per Year 20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG Category 1 Hours Required 60
State-mandated CME Content/ HIV universal precautions/
Additional Notes blood-borne pathogens
   
South Carolina
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 40/2 yrs of category 1 CME every 2 calendar years beginning 01/2000
Average Hours per Year

20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG
Category 1 Hours Required		 40
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent ABMS, AOA, ACOG equivalent
South Dakota
Required CME Hours per Year(s) None
   
Tennessee
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 40/2 yrs
Average Hours per Year

20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG
Category 1 Hours Required		 40
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent

AAFP
Texas
Required CME Hours per Year(s)

24/1yr
Average Hours per Year 24
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG
Category 1 Hours Required		 12
State-mandated CME Content/
Additional Notes		 Of 12 hrs category 1, at least 1 hr in ethics/professional responsibility
   
Utah
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 40/2 yrs
Average Hours per Year

20
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG
Category 1 Hours Required		 40
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA PRA
Vermont
Required CME Hours per Year(s)
Vermont DO		 None
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 30/2 yrs
Average Hours per Year 15
State-mandated CME Content/
Additional Notes		 At least 12 of 30 hrs must be osteopathic med education
   
Virgin Islands
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 40/1yrs
Average Hours per Year 40
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG
Category 1 Hours Required		 25
Virginia
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 60/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 30
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG Category 1 Hours Required 30
State-mandated CME Content/
Additional Notes		 Of the 30 category 1 hrs, 15 hrs must be interactive
   
Washington
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 200/4yrs
Average Hours per Year 50
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA, ABMS, AAFP, ACOG
Washington DO
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 150/3yrs
Average Hours per Year 50
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG Category 1 Hours Required 60
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent *AMA PRA, AOA, others
   
West Virginia
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 50/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 25
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG
Category 1 Hours Required		 50
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent AMA, ABMS (partial)
State-mandated CME Content 2 hrs end-of-life pain management
Washington DO
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 150/3yrs
Average Hours per Year 50
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG Category 1 Hours Required 60
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent *AMA PRA, AOA, others
   
West Virginia DO
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 32/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 16
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG
Category 1 Hours Required		 16
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent Board-recognized equivalent
State-mandated CME Content 2 hrs end-of-life management
Wisconsin
Required CME Hours per Year(s) 30/2yrs
Average Hours per Year 15
AMA/AOA/AAFP/ACOG Category 1 Hours Required 30
Certificates Accepted as Equivalent

AMA PRA
   
Wyoming
Required CME Hours per Year(s) None (pending)
 
   
* California MDs—All general internists and family physicians who have a patient population of which over 25% are 65 years of age or older shall complete at least 20% of all mandatory continuing education hours in a course on geriatric medicine or the care of older patients within 6 years by a specialty board. All physicians and surgeons shall complete a mandatory continuing education course in the subjects of pain management and the treatment of terminally ill and dying patients (one-time requirement of 12 credit hours, to be completed by December 31, 2006). Physicians practicing in pathology or radiology specialty areas are exempt from this requirement.
* Florida MDs—Physicians may complete a 1-hour CME course on end-of-life and palliative health care in lieu of the required 1-hour CME course on HIV/AIDS, provided the physician completed the HIV/AIDS course in the immediately preceding biennium (2-year licensure term). Physicians may complete a 1-hour CME course on end-of-life and palliative health care in lieu of the required 1-hour CME course on domestic violence, provided the physician completed the domestic violence course in the immediately preceding biennium (2-year licensure term).
*  Maryland—Partial CME credit is offered for ABMS certification, select peer review, serving as an intervenor or monitor on a physician rehabilitation committee or professional committee, and serving as a preceptor for resident physicians or medical students in LCME-accredited schools. For first license renewal, CME requirement is waived, but licensee must have completed

* Washington Osteopaths—Other certificates accepted as equivalent include current certification of CME from medical practice academies and original certification or recertification within 6 years by a specialty board.
ABMS—certification or recertification by a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties; AMA PRA—American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award; AOA—American Osteopathic Association; AAFP—American Academy of Family Practice; ACOG—American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; APA—American Pediatric Association; CMA—California Medical Association; CAFP—California Academy of Family Physicians; CME—continuing medical education; FLEX—Federation Licensing Examination; GME—graduate medical education; MOCOMP—Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; OSMA—Ohio State Medical Association; USMLE—United States Medical Licensing Association.


Note: All information should be verified with the licensing board; medical licenses are granted to those physicians meeting all state requirements—at the discretion of the board.
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