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Plan your opioid CME across every state you hold

Pick your profession and the states you’re licensed in. The planner shows each board’s opioid and controlled-substance rule, the one-time federal DEA MATE Act training, and the fewest, best-timed courses that keep every license covered.

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What you get

Each state’s ruleHours, cycle, and whether a board-approved course is required

The federal MATE ActHow the one-time 8 hours fits with your state mandates

A 5-year timing planThe fewest sessions, timed to your renewal months

Requirements by stateEvery mandate that applies to your licenses, with its source

The compliance challenge

Opioid CME doesn’t line up
across states

Every board layers its own opioid / controlled-substance rule on top of the one-time federal DEA MATE Act: different hours, different clocks, and some boards accept only a state-approved course. Three things make it hard to manage by hand.

Federal on top of state

The DEA MATE Act is a one-time 8-hour federal requirement. Each state then adds its own controlled-substance CME (different hours, different rules) that you still satisfy separately.

Board-approval “gate” states

A handful of boards accept only their own board-approved or state-specific opioid course. A generic ACCME course won’t satisfy them, and it’s easy to find out too late, at renewal.

One-time vs recurring clocks

Some states want it once; most want it every renewal, on cycles of one to five years. Hold several licenses and the same requirement runs on different clocks, easy to miss, easy to over-buy.

Select the states you’re licensed in below. The free planner maps each board’s opioid mandate, flags the board-approval states, and schedules the fewest, best-timed courses so every license stays compliant.

Which license type are you?

CME/CE rules are set separately by each profession's board: physicians answer to the medical board, nurse practitioners and nurse anesthetists to the board of nursing, physician assistants to the PA (or medical) board, and anesthesiologist assistants to the medical board in the states that license them. Pick yours and we'll show the requirements that actually apply to you.

Select the states you hold a full medical license in

What counts as a "full license" here

These are the CME requirements for a full (unrestricted) MD/DO medical license. NPs, PAs, CRNAs and CAAs: your own state board sets your license CE, and its hour totals may differ from these. The federal DEA MATE Act and most state opioid and controlled-substance rules still apply to you as a DEA registrant, so use the planner to time those, and confirm your total hours with your board. Telehealth and other limited registrations (for example in Florida and Colorado) have their own, usually lighter rules and usually don't carry these mandates. If that is your only credential in a state, check that board's rules.

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A few quick questions

These change which requirements apply to you, and how much CME you actually owe. Answer for your real practice.

Start by selecting your states above

Once you pick a state, its requirements and your timing plan appear here.

Enter (or adjust) the month your license next comes up for renewal in each state. We'll figure out the fewest, best-timed CME sessions to keep every state's opioid / controlled-substance requirement satisfied for the next 5 years, and how many credits each session needs.

Applies to you Only if it applies to your practice Board approval needs a state-approved/specific course Confirm with the board sources disagree: check the board

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These requirements reflect the rules as they stand today. Boards revise mandated topics, hours, and deadlines mid-cycle, so if you save, print, or screenshot this and rely on it later, it may no longer be correct. Re-check against each board before every renewal, or let Ledger watch for changes and alert you automatically.

Beyond opioid CME

This planner covers one topic. The Ledger covers all of them.

The free planner maps opioid and controlled-substance CME. Interstate Medicine Ledger tracks every credit you earn against every state requirement it satisfies (general hours, ethics, and the rest) keeps the certificates, and tells you before a board deadline matters.

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Questions

Six things clinicians get wrong about multi-state CME

Common assumptions that show up in board audits, and what the rules actually say, cited to primary law.

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Need every CME topic tracked, not just opioid?

This free planner covers opioid and controlled-substance CME. Interstate Medicine Ledger tracks all of your CME across every state and topic, keeps the certificates, watches each board for changes, and reminds you before every renewal. $5 a month, billed yearly at $60.

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Questions about the planner?

The gate states, MATE Act timing and what the numbers reflect, answered in one place.