Required Courses for Florida License Renewal

See the Florida Board of Medicine website for license renewal requirements.

Medical Error Prevention

Required number of hours: 2

Click the link above and scroll down to “Medical Error Prevention for Physicians and Physician Assistants: Parts 1 & 2

Prescribing Controlled Substances

Required number of hours: 2

All physicians who are registered with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and authorized to prescribe controlled substances are required to complete a board approved 2-hour course on prescribing controlled substances in order to renew their Florida medical license. 

Domestic Violence

Required number of hours: 2 – every third biennium

Click the link above and scroll down to “Domestic Violence: A Primer for Florida Healthcare Providers

HIV Update

Required number of hours: 1 – upon first renewal

Click the link above and scroll down to “HIV Issues for Florida Health Care Providers”

DEA Opioid Education Requirement

All Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-registered practitioners will be required to attest that they have met an eight-hour training requirement on treating and managing patients with opioid and other substance use disorders before they obtain a new DEA license or renew their current DEA license. 

Online Opioid Modules