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Mar 16 2017

NCMB, Wake AHEC announce free controlled substance prescribing CME

NCMB and Wake AHEC (Area Health Education Center) have collaborated on a new webinar and panel discussion series on controlled substances prescribing, with an emphasis on treating pain. This project is supported by a grant from NC AHEC.

Clinicians who complete the webinar will receive one hour of AMA PRA Category 1 credit. Clinicians who attend one of the related panel discussions (dates and locations below) can receive two hours of credit.

The program was designed to allow NCMB licensees the opportunity to fully satisfy the new CME requirement for controlled substance prescribers. Effective July 1, physicians who prescribe controlled substances are required to earn three hours of CME credit on prescribing controlled substances during each three-year CME cycle. Physician assistants who prescribe are required to earn two hours of credit during each two-year cycle.

Whether a specific licensee may complete the NCMB-Wake AHEC CME to satisfy the new controlled substances CME (CS CME) requirement depends on when the individual’s CME cycle ends. If the licensee’s current CME cycle ends on or after July 1, 2017, then any of the NCMB-Wake AHEC CME activities (webinar or panel discussion) may be completed and counted towards the CS CME requirement.


Access the free controlled substances CME webinar

Register to attend the panel discussion on April 4 in Smithfield

Register to attend the panel discussion on April 19 in Henderson

Register to attend the panel discussion on May 4 in Roxboro

Register to attend the panel discussion on May 24 in Sanford

NOTE: All panel discussions are free and will be held at 5 p.m.