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Your three-year CME cycle is calculated based on the CME rule (Subchapter 32R – Continuing Medical Education requirements).
Questions regarding your CME?
Your current CME hours can be accessed on our website. Visit www.ncmedboard.org and click on “Update Licensee Info Page” in the green Quick Links menu on the right. Log in using your FileID# and date of birth. The tab “Preferences/CME” will allow you to view the CME hours in your current three-year cycle.
If you have questions or need to make changes, please .
To request that a license be placed on inactive status, send an email to the Board’s renewal coordinator. This email address may be accessed by going to “Contact Us” on the Board’s web site or by clicking here. Be sure to include your full name and license number in your email request for inactive status. You may also send us your request in writing via USPS. Send your letter to the North Carolina Medical Board, Registration, PO Box 20007, Raleigh , NC 27619-0007.
ALL licensees are strongly urged to understand the implications of going inactive before taking this step. Practitioners with inactive licenses are not required to renew annually with the Board or to pay the annual renewal fee. Inactive practitioners MAY NOT practice medicine or surgery, write prescriptions or administer prescription drugs in NC under any circumstances.
To reinstate an inactive license, it is typically necessary to apply to the Board, meet the current licensing requirements and pay the full licensing fee, which is currently $388 for MD/DO licensees. This fee includes $38.00 for a criminal background check. If there has been an interruption in the continuous, clinical practice of medicine greater than two (2) years, the applicant must reestablish his or her competence to practice medicine safely to the Board’s satisfaction. Click here to read the Board’s position on re-entering the practice of medicine.
Before making any decision about going inactive, the Board recommends that licensees thoroughly familiarize themselves with the requirements of reactivating or reinstating a license, including the possible need for a plan of re-entry. Please read the related FAQs on reactivating and reinstating licenses. For additional information, check the license application requirements for reactivation and reinstatement. This content can be found in the Licensing section of this web site.
CME hours must be reported in a certain way for the database to recognize them. Use only whole numbers (no decimals) when entering your CME hours. Do not add any additional text.
You may inform the NC Medical Board by filling out the survey at the end of the renewal process or by e-mailing the renewal department.
Only North Carolina residents are required to enter hospital privileges.
Only licensees who practice in North Carolina are required to enter their county.
Online renewals are processed immediately. You can verify that your renewal went through by simply going to “Look Up a Licensee” on the Board’s website. Enter your name and then click on the details page link. If the “annual renewal” date has been updated your registration has successfully gone through.
Yes, but if it is more than 60 days before your next birthday, you must contact the renewal department.
Yes. If you have not registered within 30 days of your birthday, a late fee is added and you will be sent a certified return receipt letter. You have 30 days from the date of receipt of this letter (as evidenced by the return receipt) to renew. If your renewal is not received within this period, your license will be placed on inactive status. It is unlawful to practice with an inactive license.
Yes. All active licensees in NC must register their license every year within 30 days of their birthday. This requirement applies even if the license is issued shortly before the birthday. The licensee must pay the annual renewal fee in addition to the license application fee.