West Virginia State CME Requirements 2022

No matter where you live, for the most part, you have to deal with fulfilling individual CME requirements to fulfill – some depend on the amount of CME you earn, others center more on your educational hours. It can be hard to keep track. West Virginia requires a lot of CME credits and mandates that you split some of your credits between designated subjects. And trying to keep track of all these requirements may be tedious for you.

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For your convenience, we at GIBLIB have curated all your CME requirements and credits in one blog. Now, you can fulfill some of your CME needs in one place. Review your CME requirements and watch videos linked below that will fulfill them. Use our easy-to-access resource to make fulfilling your requirements less of a chore.

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For West Virginia MD physicians, you’ll need to fulfill the following:

50 hours every 2 years; all must be Category 1; 30 hours must be related to the physician’s area of specialty.

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A physician may earn CME by teaching medical education courses or lecture to medical students, residents, or licensed physicians, or serve as a preceptor to medical students or residents: Provided, that a physician may not count more than twenty (20) hours in this category toward the required fifty (50) hours of continuing medical education

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The Board will accept as equivalent to 47 hours of Category 1 activity, participation in a board certification or recertification by an ABMS specialty board within the licensing period. Beginning May 1, 2014, every physician as a prerequisite to license renewal shall complete a minimum of three (3) hours of drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training during the previous reporting period, which three (3) such hours may be provided only by a Board-approved program.” – FSMB

CME Credits Required: 50
Term(Years): 2
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ required: 50

Required Topics: 3 credits drug diversion training; 3 credits controlled substances

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DRUG DIVERSION TRAINING REQUIREMENT:

Drug Diversion from the Healthcare Workplace: A Multi-Victim Crime
More to be added soon.

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OPIOID/CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REQUIREMENT:

Opioids: Use, Abuse and Alternatives Conference (17 credits)
Opioid Conference: Evidence, Clinical Considerations and Best Practice (8 credits)
Opioids Course (3 credits)
Opioids and Chronic Pain Management (0.5 credits)
Chronic Pain and Opioids (0.5 credits)
Using Opioids in Older Adults (0.5 credits)
Opioid Edition: Treating Opioid Addiction (0.75 credits)
Opioid Pharmacology: Clinical Application (0.25 credits)
Opioids in Serious Medical Illness (0.5 credits)

‍Watch more Controlled Substances videos here.

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For West Virginia DO physicians, you’ll need to fulfill the following:

32 hours every 2 years; 50% must be AOA Category 1A or 1B.

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Beginning May 1, 2014, every physician as a prerequisite to license renewal shall complete a minimum of three (3) hours of drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training during the previous reporting period, which three (3) such hours may be provided only by a Board-approved program.

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A licensee participating in a clinical residency program for more than nine months out of the most recent licensing period may substitute a verification of participation in lieu of documentation of the CME hours specified.” – FSMB