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ForwardMass General Brigham's Physician Licensing Portal
Welcome to Mass General Brigham’s Physician Licensing Portal.
To alleviate administrative burden and ongoing physician licensure frustrations, this centralized website for Mass General Brigham physicians will enable them to locate the following licensure resources:
- Required courses
- Personalized CME transcript
- Dropbox for required documentation
- Resources
- Key takeaways
Click on the icons below to navigate to the relevant content. Thank you!
Courses
Transcript
Dropbox
Resources
Please click on the icon for detailed information on licensing fees & eligibility requirements, renewal instructions, Board of Registration in Medicine ammended guidelines, and some details about required courses.
Key Takeaways
- A full medical license allows a physician to practice medicine independently in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Your medical license must renew every two years and expires at 11:59pm on your birthday.
- BORIM sends a renewal notice by mail 60 days in advance of your physician license expiration date.
- BORIM Fee $600
- A licensee must complete 50 hours of CME within each licensing cycle. The CMEs may be in Category 1 or 2. See graph below for requirements.
- Physicians do not submit documentation of CPD/CME credits with your renewal form. In case you are audited by the BORIM, you must maintain documentation for one full license renewal cycle (2 years) after the credits were earned.
- You renew your license on BORIM’s Online Licensing Renewal (OLR) system. Please download your license application once you complete and save to your files. You will need a copy for Mass General Brigham’s credentialing.
- In addition to saving a copy of your BORIM application, also keep a copy of your wallet license card.
- For further details please link to Board of Registration in Medicine (BORIM): https://www.mass.gov/service-details/renew-my-physician-license
- Download a CME Requirements checklist, here:
BORIM CME Requirements_Checklist.docx
FULL LICENSES | |||
| TOPIC | INITIAL | RENEWAL | COURSE LINKS |
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Not credit specific but any credits may be applied towards Category 1 or 2 | N/A | REQUIRED ONLY if serving adult populations & not completed previously | |
Recognizing and Reporting Suspected Child Abuse Not credit specific but any credits may be applied towards Category 1 or 2 | REQUIRED | REQUIRED ONLY if not completed previously | Massachusetts Medical Society: End-of-Life Care (massmed.org) |
Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Training Not credit specific but any credits may be applied towards Category 1 or 2 | REQUIRED | REQUIRED ONLY if not completed previously | Domestic and Sexual Violence Integration Initiatives | Mass.gov |
Proficiency in Electronic Health Records3 3 credits which may be applied towards Risk Management or Category 1 or 2 | REQUIRED | REQUIRED ONLY if practicing medicine & not completed previously | Massachusetts Medical Society: Health Information Technology (massmed.org) |
End of Life Care 2 credits which may be applied towards Risk Management or Category 1 or 2 | N/A | REQUIRED ONLY if not completed previously | Massachusetts Medical Society: End-of-Life Care (massmed.org) |
Opioid Education and Pain Management 3 credits which may be applied towards Risk Management or Category 1 or 2 | REQUIRED IF PRESCRIBING | REQUIRED IF PRESCRIBING | Massachusetts Medical Society: Pain Management (massmed.org) |
Risk Management4 See columns for number of credits, which may be applied towards Category 1 or 2 | N/A | 10 CREDITS | |
Implicit Bias Training (required for applications received on or after 6/1/2022) 2 credits which apply towards Risk Management | REQUIRED | REQUIRED ONLY if not completed previously | CME on Implicit Bias in Healthcare (download) |
Reading the Board Regulations at 243 CMR 1.00, 2.00 & 3.00 Counts as 2 credits which may be applied towards Risk Management or Category 1 or 2 | N/A | REQUIRED | |
Category 1 or 25 | N/A | 50 CREDITS | N/A |
1 License types that are not required to complete CME: Limited license initial and renewal, Inactive license renewal, Temporary Substitute Physician license, Temporary CME participation license.
3 Proficiency in Electronic Health Records is not required for physicians who have demonstrated proficiency, received a waiver, or are exempt in accordance with 243 CMR 2.02(f) or 2.06(2)(d).
4 Up to 7 credits in physician wellness or physician burnout may be applied towards the Risk Management requirement.
5 Credit amounts for Category 1 or 2 are as set forth in Policy-17-05 Continuing Medical Education (CME) Pilot Program
| ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE RENEWAL2 | TEMPORARY FACULTY | |
| INITIAL | RENEWAL | |
| N/A | N/A | REQUIRED ONLY if not completed previously |
| REQUIRED ONLY if not completed previously | REQUIRED | REQUIRED ONLY if not completed previously |
| REQUIRED ONLY if not completed previously | REQUIRED | REQUIRED ONLY if not completed previously |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| REQUIRED ONLY if not completed previously | N/A | REQUIRED ONLY if not completed previously |
| N/A | REQUIRED IF PRESCRIBING | REQUIRED IF PRESCRIBING |
| 10 CREDITS | N/A | 5 CREDITS |
| REQUIRED ONLY if not completed previously | REQUIRED | REQUIRED ONLY if not completed previously |
| REQUIRED | N/A | REQUIRED |
| 50 CREDITS | N/A | 25 CREDITS |
2 Initial licensure applicants for administrative licenses must apply as full licensure applicants and request change of category to administrative.