New Jersey Physician CME Requirements

Count your credits by renewal period, because New Jersey physicians renew on a two-year cycle.

What the rule asks

Medical Economics reports that a licensee applying for a biennial license renewal shall complete 100 continuing medical education credits in category I or category II courses, with at least 40 of them from category I courses. The same publisher's page is titled New Jersey Continuing Medical Education (CME).

Running your own count

1. Find the dates of your current renewal period.
2. Add up every credit you have earned in that period.
3. Separate the category I credits from the category II credits.
4. Check that the total reaches 100 and that category I reaches 40.

Reading the credit labels

The American Medical Association describes its credit system on the page CME credit for physicians. Read it before you decide which of your courses counts.

For physicians near Morristown

If you are a physician in or around Morristown, New Jersey who supervises nurses or physician assistants, run this count on your own certificates.

Match certificates to the renewal dates

Pull your credit certificates and compare them with the renewal period. For the body that sets accreditation rules, see the ACCME accreditation rules. For general background on the field, there is a Wikipedia entry on continuing medical education.