New Controlled Substance Continuing Education Requirements

On June 27, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is implementing the new controlled substance continuing education requirements:

The Mass Medical Society has provided the following program which will satisfy the one-time 8-hour training requirement for all DEA registered practitioners.

This is a Free 10-hour CME training on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance disorders:

  1. NEJM Knowledge+ – Pain Management and Opioids

The Doctors Company (TDC) has also provided the following programs to assist in the completion of this one-time requirement:

  1. Safe Opioid Prescribing for Physicians and Dentists with 2.5 CME/CDE

  2. Pain Management – A closed Claim Analysis Looking at Risks and Lessons Learned with 1.25 CME

  3. Modules 1: Eliminating Stigma Through Clinical Understanding (Innovations and Smart Approaches in Safe Prescribing) with 0.5 CME

  4. Module 2: Alternatives to Opioids for Pain (Innovations and Smart Approaches in Safe Prescribing) with 0.5 CME

  5. Module3: Safe Prescribing of Opioids and CNS Depressants (Innovations and Smart Approaches in Safe Prescribing) with 0.75 CME

  6. Module 4: Recognition, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Substance Use Disorder (Innovations and Smart Approaches in Safe Prescribing) with 0.5 CME

  7. Module 5: Eliminating Stigma Through Clinical understanding of Substance Use Disorder (Innovations for Smart Approaches in Safe Prescribing) with 0.75 CME

Continuing Medical Education on Implicit Bias in Healthcare

Pursuant to Policy 2021-04, beginning June 1, 2022, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine will require that applicants for initial physician licensure and licensees renewing physician licensure complete a continuing medical education requirement of 2.00 credits on the topic of implicit bias in healthcare.

Please see below list of available courses, which will be updated when courses are made available.

Free Courses



Unconscious Bias in Medicine
Sponsor: Stanford University School of Medicine
Number of credits: 1 hour
Course Fee: Free
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Diversity in Medical Matters: The Benefits of a Diverse Workforce
Sponsor: MMS
Number of credits: 1 credit
Course Fee: Free
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Reflecting on Health Disparities and Moving Towards Anti-Racism in Medicine
Sponsor: MMS
Number of credits: 1
Course fee: Free
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Courses with Fees



Awareness To Action: Dismantling Biasin Maternal and Infant Healthcare™

Sponsor: March of Dimes
Number of Credits: 2.00 credits
Course Fee: $50, self-paced e-learning
To purchase, please contact [email protected]
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From Bias to Belonging: Implicit Biasin Health Care
Sponsor: Korsi Consulting
Number of credits: 2 credits
Course Fee: $200
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Recognizing and Responding to Implicit Bias
Sponsor: Quality Interactions
Number of credits: 1 credit
Course Fee: $65
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Facing Change: Racial Equity in the Healthcare Workplace
Sponsor: Will Interactive
Number of Credits: 2 credits
Course Fee: $38
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