Previously, the Medical Practice Act required physicians to earn 50 CME hours per year, or a total of 150 hours, for a three-year medical license. The recent modification lifts the annual requirement, but leaves the 150-hour total in place. ISMS pushed for the modification so that Illinois law mirrors the requirements physicians must fulfill to earn the American Medical Association's Physician's Recognition Award. The PRA requires 150 CME hours over three years, but doesn't split the 150 hours into annual increments. IDPR will accept the certificate as proof that physicians have earned their CME hours.
Medical licenses expire next year.
For the 1999 renewal, that means physicians must earn 20 formal, or Category 1, CME hours and 30 informal, or Category 2, hours. After 1999, physicians must earn 60 formal hours and 90 informal hours for renewal in 2002, and every three years after that. If you have news you would like to share, please feel free to email your news to the Society.