Several members have asked about Senate Enrolled Act 225 (P.L.55-2018), passed in the 2018 legislative session. This law requires any board-licensed health care practitioner applying for or renewing a controlled substance registration to have completed two hours of continuing medical education (CME) on opioid addiction and prescribing in the previous two years. This requirement takes effect July 1, 2019, and sunsets on July 1, 2025.

The Indiana Professional Licensing Agency will post a list of CME providers whose offerings meet this requirement on its website, www.in.gov/pla/4040.htm. ISMA will keep members updated as more information becomes available.

The full text of SEA 225 is online at www.ismanet.org/SEA225.