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South Dakota CME requirements

Continuing medical education and license renewal rules for clinicians licensed in South Dakota, as recorded by MedLicense for planning.

Planning aid only. MedLicense is not legal or compliance advice. Boards change rules between cycles, so confirm every requirement with the board before you rely on it.

Licensing board

South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners

MD CME requirements

Reviewed 2026-10-31 This entry was last reviewed on 2026-10-31. That date records our own review and is not a board approval. Some details below are marked for confirmation, so treat those as unverified until the board confirms them. Always confirm with the board before you rely on it.

Total hours

No hour minimum recorded every 2 years

Required topics

No mandated topics are recorded for this profession in this state. That is not the same as the board having none, so confirm with the board.

Notes. No general CME-hour requirement known. Confirm with the Board.

DO CME requirements

Not yet verified Not yet verified, confirm with the board. This entry has not been checked against the board’s own published rules.

Total hours

No hour minimum recorded every 2 years

Required topics

No mandated topics are recorded for this profession in this state. That is not the same as the board having none, so confirm with the board.

Notes. Copied from the MD block as a planning default; the osteopathic rules were not separately confirmed. Confirm with the board.

NP CME requirements

Reviewed 2026-11-01 This entry was last reviewed on 2026-11-01. That date records our own review and is not a board approval. Some details below are marked for confirmation, so treat those as unverified until the board confirms them. Always confirm with the board before you rely on it.

Total hours

No hour minimum recorded every 2 years

Required topics

No mandated topics are recorded for this profession in this state. That is not the same as the board having none, so confirm with the board.

Notes. ARSD 20:62:02:06 (nurse practitioner renewal, sdlegislature.gov): biennial renewal requires evidence of an unencumbered SD RN license or privilege to practice, evidence of current national certification, and an affidavit of no misconduct; I saw no CE-hour item in the rule. Hours recorded as 0 means no state hour count was found; national certifier CE applies. Confirm with the Board of Nursing.

PA CME requirements

Not yet verified Not yet verified, confirm with the board. This entry has not been checked against the board’s own published rules.

Total hours

Not recorded, and the renewal cycle is not recorded

Required topics

No mandated topics are recorded for this profession in this state. That is not the same as the board having none, so confirm with the board.

Notes. SDCL 36-4A-32 (30 hours of board-approved post-graduate study in the preceding 12 months, NCCPA certification as an alternative, per a statute mirror) now appears as a Repealed section on sdlegislature.gov, so the current PA CE requirement was not found. Confirm with the Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners.

CRNA CME requirements

Not yet verified Not yet verified, confirm with the board. This entry has not been checked against the board’s own published rules.

Total hours

Not recorded, and the renewal cycle is not recorded

Required topics

No mandated topics are recorded for this profession in this state. That is not the same as the board having none, so confirm with the board.

Notes. South Dakota CRNA renewal CE hours not read on a board page this run. Confirm with the board.

CAA CME requirements

Not yet verified Not yet verified, confirm with the board. This entry has not been checked against the board’s own published rules.

Total hours

Not recorded, and the renewal cycle is not recorded

Required topics

No mandated topics are recorded for this profession in this state. That is not the same as the board having none, so confirm with the board.

Notes. Secondary source; confirm with the board. The CU Anschutz AA program list (states where AAs work by license, regulation or certification, or by physician delegation) and the BYU 2023 list of authorized states do not include South Dakota, so no state licensure for anesthesiologist assistants was found. Not read on a board or statute page.

Plan this renewal

Use the free opioid CME planner to see the controlled-substance rules for South Dakota next to other states, or the license cost calculator to estimate fees. Read how multi-state CME works if you hold more than one license.

Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologist assistants usually also maintain national certification, which has its own cycle. The recertification basics guide explains how that fits alongside state rules.