Research performed October 2019 - February 2020
Key: States with online CE Restrictions
| State | Renewal Period | Total # Hours | Required Subject(s) | Required Subject Hours | Relevant Restrictions |
| Alabama | 1 yr. | 12 | N/A | None listed | |
| Alaska | 2 yrs. | 50 | Pain Management & Opioid Use | 2 | None listed |
| Arizona | 1 yr. | 25 | Opioid-related, substance-use disorder related, or addiction related |
3 | May take up to 10 hours of CME on the Internet, on a CD-ROM or in podiatric medical litertature such as a journal |
| Arkansas | 1 yr. | 20 | N/A | None listed | |
| California | 2 yrs. | 50 | Lower extremity muscular skeletal system |
12 | None listed |
| Colorado | 1 yr. | 10 | N/A | None listed | |
| Connecticut | 1 yr. | 0 | N/A | None listed | |
| Delaware | 2 yrs. | 32 | N/A | None listed | |
| Florida | 2 yrs. | 40 | Medical Error | 2 | Up to 8 hours per biennium is allowed for home study course. |
| Laws and Rules | 1 | ||||
| Risk Management | 1 | ||||
| Controlled Substance Prescribing | 2 | ||||
| Human Trafficking | 1 | ||||
| Georgia | 2 yrs. | 50 | N/A | No more than 10 hours shall be obtained from online courses/correspondence courses/webinar, and such courses must be approved by the CPME. |
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| Hawaii | 2 yrs. | 40 | N/A | None listed | |
| Idaho | 1 yr. | 15 | N/A | None listed | |
| Illinois | 2 yrs. | 100 | N/A | 1) Up to 50 total credit hours may be earned through nonsupervised individual activities in: A) self-instruction (AV materials, programed education materials, electronic teaching devices and individual reading of podiatric medical literature B) Patient care review (time spent in programs concerned with the review and evaluation of patient care) C) self-assessment (quizzes completed after reading professional publications of a scientific or patient-care oriented nature, or completion of aptitute questionnaires provided by various organizations and societies) D) specialty Board or Specialty organization preparation |
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| Iowa | 2 yrs. | 40 | If a podiatrist utilizes conscious sedation, must have CE in area of conscious sedation or other related topics |
1 | 1) 10 hrs of credit for viewing videotaped presentations if there is a program official present. |
| If podiatrist has prescribed opioids to a pt. during a renewal cycle must have CE re: the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain, etc. |
1 | 2) 10 hours of credit for computer-assisted instructional courses/programs approved by the APMA or its affiliates. |
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| Kansas | 3yrs. | 54 | N/A | None listed | |
| Kentucky | 1yr | 20 | Use of the Kentucky All-Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting System, pain management or addiction disorders |
1.5 | Max. 5 hr. of Category B CE hours (may relate to non-podiatric medical issues or general practice issues and may be earned by attendance at or participation in home study courses; hospital, clinic or in-house staff lectures; or local or regional medical society or medical association meetings) |
| Louisana | 1 yr | 20 | N/A | None listed | |
| Maine | 2 yrs | 25 | N/A | None listed | |
| Maryland | 2 yrs | 50 | N/A | 25 credit hours shall be completed in person. No more than 25 credit hours shall be completed online or via other sources. |
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| Massechutes | 1 yr. | 15 | Opioid Education & Pain Management |
1 | None listed |
| Michigan | 3 yrs | 150 | Pain & Symptom Management | 3 | None listed |
| Medical Ethics | 1 | ||||
| Controlled Substance Prescribing | 2 | ||||
| Minnesota | 2 yrs. | 40 hrs. | N/A | Maximum of 8 hrs can be obtained through participation in online courses. |
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| Mississippi | 2 yrs | 40 hrs | For those with active DEA must haveCE re: prescribing of medications with an emphasis on controlled substances |
5 | None listed |
| Missouri | 2 yrs. | 24 hrs. - all pods 50 hrs. - Pods performing ankle surgery |
Infection Control | 2 | Those required to obtain 24 CE hours - limit of 6 hrs. of self-study. Those required to obtain 50 CE hours - limit of 12 hrs. of self-study. |
| Montana | 2 yrs. | 0 | N/A | None listed | |
| Nebraska | 2 yrs. | 48 hrs. | N/A | Maximum of 16 hours by home study with testing mechanism. |
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| Nevada | 2 yrs. | 50 hrs. | N/A | None listed | |
| New Hampshire | 2 yrs. | 40 hrs. | N/A | 30 hrs. must be attendance in formal courses, including CPME courses. No more than 10 hours of instructional media certified by the CPME |
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| New Jersey | 2 yrs. | 100 hrs | End of Life Care | 2 hrs. | None listed |
| Topics concerning Prescription Opioid Drugs | 1 hr. | ||||
| New Mexico | 1 yr. | 16 hrs | Pain Management | 2 hrs. | None listed |
| New York | 3 yrs. | 50 hrs. | Podiatric medicine and surgery |
35 | None listed |
| North Carolina | 1 yr. | 25 hrs. | Controlled Substance Abuse and Prescribing | 1 hr. | Maximum of 5 hours in Category 2 - online or medical journal courses by CPME providers |
| North Dakota | 3 yrs. | 60 hrs. | N/A | None listed | |
| Ohio | 2 yrs. | 100 hrs. | N/A | None listed | |
| Oklahoma | 2 yrs. | 60 hrs | N/A | At least 30 hrs. of CE must be obtained in the state of OK (unless pods have license in OK, but practice in states outside of OK) |
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| Oregon | 2 yrs. | 60 hrs. | N/A | None listed | |
| Pennsylvania | 2 yrs. | 50 hrs. | pain management, the identification of addiction, or the practices of prescribing or dispensing of opioids |
2 hrs. | A maximum of 10 clock hrs. in programs involving the use of the Internet or the reading of professional journals or magazine articles. Recorded presentations are restricted to 10 hrs. |
| Rhode Island | 2 yrs. | 30 hrs. | N/A | None listed | |
| South Carolina | 2 yrs | 24 hrs. | Approved procedures of prescribing and monitoring controrlled substances |
2 hrs. | None listed |
| South Dakota | 2 yrs. | 30 hrs. | N/A | None listed | |
| Tennessee | 1 yr. | 15 hrs. | Prescribing practices | 1 hr. every other year | 5 of the 15 hours may be completed in any of the following formats: the Internet, closed circuit television, satellite broadcast, Teleconferenceing, Videoconferencing or Distance learning |
| Vermont | 2yrs. | 30 hrs. | For all podiatrists who prescribe controlled substances: Controlled Substance prescribing |
2 hrs. | None listed |
| Virginia | 2 yrs. | 60 hrs. | N/A | None listed | |
| Washington | 2yrs. | 100 hrs. | N/A | None listed | |
| Washington DC | 2 yrs. | 50 hrs. | N/A | 30 hrs. may be completed online |
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| West Virginia | 2 yrs. | 50 hrs. | Drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances |
3 hrs. | None listed |
| Wisconsin | 2 yrs. | 50 hrs | N/A | None listed | |
| Wyoming | 2 yrs. | 40 hrs. | N/A | None listed |