CME Mandates: Who decides what health professionals should learn?

The tend is toward states [pdf] and federal governments requiring certain topics of CME. Personally, you may hate mandates, but mandates tend to be in topics we care about as addiction professionals.

Mandate examples in the substance use field:

• DATA 2000 Buprenorphine Training (was supposed to be for PCPs) 
• California Pain Treatment 2006 (which covered opioids some), Oregon
• REMS and the FDA

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References

1. Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000. http://buprenorphine.samhsa.gov/data.html
2. Opioid Drugs and Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS). http://www.fda.gov/drugs/drugsafety/informationbydrugclass/ucm163647.htm