MD/DO · Requirements & free courses
South Carolina requires 40 hours every 2 years for MD/DO renewal, including 3 topic-specific mandates. Every one of them has a free option below unless we say otherwise.
Each requirement below is paired with activities we opened and verified ourselves.
2 hours.
PCSS / American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
Bundle worth up to 15 credits; 8 are needed for the DEA attestation.
PCSS / Opioid Response Network
14 stand-alone modules, roughly 0.75–1.25 credits each. Take only what you need.
NEJM Group / Massachusetts Medical Society
Explicitly satisfies the full one-time 8-hour DEA requirement in a single program. No NEJM or MMS membership needed. Carries ABIM, ABA and ABS MOC.
PCSS / American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
SAMHSA grant-funded. Completing all 8 courses earns a digital badge that PCSS states fulfills the DEA 8-hour requirement. The landing page designates 9.25 credits generally; AMA PRA Category 1 is among the credit types offered.
More options on the opioids & pain page.
Minimum 30 hours.
Any accredited activity in this subject counts. Browse our verified free list or check your specialty society.
1 hour. Due by 1/1/2028 if licensed before 1/1/2026; within 2 years if licensed after. Then every 6 years.
HHS Office on Trafficking in Persons / NHTTAC
The flagship federal human trafficking training. Widely used for Michigan's one-time requirement, which is not credit-specific.
Heads up: Category 2, not Category 1 — the HHS web page claims Category 1 but the provider's own accreditation document says Category 2. Also: two free accounts are needed (CDC TRAIN to take it, cmeuniversity.com to get the certificate), and the TRAIN completion certificate is NOT the CE certificate. Not on the Texas approved list.
Hope for Justice (via AMA Ed Hub)
Renewed April 2026. Used by Virginia licensees for the 1-hour human trafficking requirement.
Heads up: The full credit-designation statement sits behind AMA Ed Hub sign-in, so we could not confirm in writing that it is Category 1. It is NOT on the Texas HHSC approved list and will not satisfy Texas HB 2059.
More options on the human trafficking page.
A one-time 8 hours on substance use disorders, required of every DEA-registered practitioner regardless of state, due at your next registration or renewal. The attestation does not recur — you will not be asked again at future DEA renewals.
PCSS / American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
Bundle worth up to 15 credits; 8 are needed for the DEA attestation.
PCSS / Opioid Response Network
14 stand-alone modules, roughly 0.75–1.25 credits each. Take only what you need.
You may already be covered. The requirement is satisfied without new coursework if you are board certified in addiction medicine or addiction psychiatry, graduated within the past five years from a qualifying program whose curriculum included the required content, or previously completed DATA-2000 waiver training.
More at MATE Act options.
Boards revise requirements mid-cycle and interpret them differently. Confirm against your own board’s current rules — find yours here — before counting an activity toward renewal.