CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME) REQUIREMENTS FOR MONTANA and WYOMING

The Montana Board of Medical Examiners does not have a CME requirement for license renewal, however, the Wyoming Board of Medicine requires all licensees to earn 60 CME every three years. The requirement is detailed below:

• 60 Credit hours every three years: To renew, reinstate or reactivate a license to practice medicine in Wyoming a physician shall verify satisfactory completion of not less than 60 hours of continuing medical education during the previous three years.

• The American College of Surgeons has compiled summaries of all State CME Requirements for your convenience.

• The Montana and Wyoming Chapter and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) are committed to providing members with the highest quality educational resources and support to meet Continuing Medical Education (CME) requirements, for example:

• Monthly online AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and Self-Assessment Credit through your member subscription to the Journal of the American College of Surgeons

• Three online Safe Pain Control coursestotaling 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

• Clinical Congress 2019 Webcast packages offer up to 175 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and 175 Self-Assessment Credits which can be tailored to a physician’s interests

• Coming soon! A new online 8-module course, Optimizing Perioperative Pain Management: An Evidence-Based Approach, will offer 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

State requirements are subject to change. Please contact mycme@facs.org or your state medical board if you have any questions or concerns. Individuals must check with their state to verify that the content does meet the specific requirements.