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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CONTAINS NEW INFORMATION AND SUPERSEDES THE BOARD’S PREVIOUS COMMUNICATION REGARDING CDS CME.

As per legislation passed in 2017, all practitioners with a Controlled Dangerous Substance (CDS) license in Louisiana are now required to complete three hours of Board approved continuing medical education (CME) that includes the following topics**: best practices for the prescribing of CDS, drug diversion training, appropriate treatment for addiction, and the treatment of chronic pain.**  This course is a once in a lifetime requirement under current law.  This three hour requirement will be considered a part of, and not in addition to, the prescriber’s annual CME requirement.

The three hours of CME must be completed by your 

 license renewal date. If you have not completed this requirement by your 

 license renewal date, the Board will be unable to renew your license until you have done so.

An authorized prescriber renewing his/her license for the first time in 2019 may be excused from the CME requirement upon submission of a certification attesting that he/she has not prescribed, administered or dispensed any CDS during the entire year covered by the prescriber’s expiring license. The Board will verify this certification through the Louisiana Prescription Monitoring Program. An exempted licensee, who subsequently prescribes, administers or dispenses a CDS shall satisfy the CME requirement as a condition to license renewal for the year immediately following that in which the CDS was prescribed, administered or dispensed.

The CME requirement may be satisfied by completing a three-hour CME program, three one-hour CME programs, or any other combination of CME programs totaling at least three hours. The Board must pre-approve any other course that is not on this list for content, testing validity, and the ability to electronically transmit completion results to the Board via email to [cdscme@lsbme.la.gov](mailto: cdscme@lsbme.la.gov).  The cost of each of the programs on this list is determined by the individual CME provider. The list of approved CME courses will be updated periodically on our website.  The board will not accept any coursework completed prior to January 1, 2018.

The most current list of approved courses can be found on our website (

) by selecting the “Orientations and Education” button on the home page.  A form for those prescribers who are exempt from this CME requirement is located on the Board’s website on the same page as the course listings.

CDS CME - New Information