12/31/18 Deadline for All MDs Who Do NOT Prescribe Opioids
All professionals licensed by the Board of Licensure in Medicine (MDs and PAs licensed by that board) are advised to remember that they are required by Board rule to have taken three hours of opioid CME by December 31, 2018, even if they do not and will not prescribe opioids.
Rule Chapter 21, Section 4 (1), states in relevant part: "By December 31, 2018 and thereafter, all
clinicians must complete 3 hours of Category 1 credit Continuing Medical
Education every two years on the prescribing of opioid medication regardless of
whether or not they prescribe opioid medication."
CME is available through the MMA's MICIS program. Contact Susan Kring at the MMA skring@mainemed.com for additional information or to register for a CME program. The next program is scheduled for Wednesday, September 12th in Auburn.
The Board rule further states, "Category 1 credits will be accepted for CME
regarding opioid prescribing from any of the following: the American Academy of
Physician Assistants (AAPA); the American Medical Association Council on
Medical Education (AMA); the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME); the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP); the
Committee on Continuing Medical Education of the Maine Medical Association
(MMA); the American Osteopathic Association (AOA); or the Maine Osteopathic
Association (MOA)."
Additional, online CME may be obtained from Maine Quality Counts at https://qclearninglab.org/qc-getting-started/.
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