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Mississippi board moves to require digital reporting of continuing medical education for audits
Summary
The board approved committee recommendations to require licensees to bank their 40 biennial CME hours on board‑approved digital platforms (or submit specialty board certification) to simplify audits.
The Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure voted to accept proposed changes to continuing medical education (CME) reporting that will require physicians to maintain CME records on board‑approved digital platforms or demonstrate active maintenance of specialty board certification.
Dr. Kirk Kennard, speaking for the Rules, Regulations and Legislative Committee, told the board the content requirement — 40 hours of CME every two years — does not change; the board is updating how licensees must report completion so audits are simpler for both licensees and staff. "The reporting dates haven't changed," Kennard said. "The schedule of requirement and the number of CMEs to be acquired has not changed. It's how they're reported that is the new expectation."
Under the proposal, renewal questions will be modified to let licensees indicate whether they bank CME through an approved account (for example, CE broker, ACCME platform) or show they maintain board certification. The committee said the change was prompted by low audit‑compliance rates under the old system; Kennard said only about 46% of audited licensees were compliant in prior random checks.
The committee proposed continuing a percentage audit (the committee suggested a small percent such as 5% as an example used during discussion) and retaining flexibility for specialty boards that keep their own digital banks (for example, maintenance of certification portals). Licensees who do not maintain board certification would still be required to provide verifiable records from an accepted digital vendor in the event of an audit.
Board members asked whether the change would be tied to licensure renewal; the committee and staff answered that licensees will attest at renewal and only those selected in random audits will be required to submit verification to staff.
The board voted to accept the committee's proposed changes and to begin the rulemaking/public comment process for the digital‑reporting requirement.
