Wyoming Board Offers ACCME CME Tracking Service for Physicians

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The Wyoming Board of Medicine is now offering access to Accreditation

Council for Continuing Medical Education’s CME tracking service for

physicians.

Simply create an account and login to https://www.accme.org/ to begin.

Wyoming Board of Medicine RULES AND REGULATIONS, Ch. 3, § 7 (2021) state physicians are to have not

less than sixty (60) hours of continuing medical education (CME) during the previous three (3) years.

State law also requires that when a licensee holds a controlled substance registration in Wyoming, they

must complete one (1) hour of CME related to responsible prescribing of controlled substances or the

treatment of substance abuse disorders every two (2) years. To ensure compliance with these

requirements the Wyoming Board of Medicine conducts a random CME audit every other year.

The collaboration between the ACCME and State Medical Licensing Boards enables CME

providers to report physician participation in accredited CME to a database. This free-of-charge

service allows participating boards, via ACCME’s Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS),

access to their licensees’ CME records with the goal of reducing burdens on physicians and

simplifying the audit process for boards.

When a licensee completes an accredited CME activity from a participating CME provider, he or she

may be asked to provide information such as state license number or national provider identifier (NPI),

name, and birthdate. This information will enable ACCME’s CME system to automatically share

information about credits earned with participating state medical boards.

If a CME provider is not participating with ACCME, a physician can ask the CME provider if they are

willing to participate with ACCME to share CME information and share credits earned.

The Wyoming Board of Medicine is pleased to offer licensees who use these CME providers the

convenience of having credit hours automatically reported. Physicians should note, however, that e-
reporting has only been in place since January 1, 2019. WYBOM will not receive electronic confirmation

of CME credits completed before that date, so licensees are responsible for maintaining documentation.

Licensees are advised to retain CME records for six years, so they may be prepared to provide

documentation of prior CME credits if randomly selected by the Wyoming Board of Medicine for a CME

compliance audit.

When a periodic CME audit occurs, Board staff will first access the ACCME database, if the physician

is not on the ACCME database, the physician will be contacted to submit proof of compliant CME at

that time.

Questions? Contact Karla Heny at karla.heny@wyo.gov or 307-778-7053 in the Board office.