NEW! DEA MATE ACT:
Beginning with DEA initial registrations or renewals starting June 27, 2023, all DEA-registered practitioners (with the exception of DVM-only license holders) are required to complete 8 hours of one-time training on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders.

Mandatory Subjects:

• 1 hour of CE on the topic of sexual harassment prevention training per renewal period
• 1 hour of implicit bias awareness training per renewal period
• 1 hour of Alzheimer disease and other dementias every 6 years for health care professionals who provide health care services to patients 26 years of age and older
• 1 hour of cultural competency every 6 years
• 1 hour of safe opioid prescribing practices every 6 years for licensed prescribers of controlled substances
   

Child Abuse Reporting Requirements: 
Beginning January 1, 2021, all licensees who are considered mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect are required to complete training on the subject within 3 months of engagement in a professional or official capacity as a mandated reporter. Physicians must complete the training at least every 6 years thereafter. The training will count toward meeting a licensee's required continuing education, and is provided by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).
 
 

NEW! DEA MATE ACT:
Beginning with DEA initial registrations or renewals starting June 27, 2023, all DEA-registered practitioners (with the exception of DVM-only license holders) are required to complete 8 hours of one-time training on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders.

Mandatory Subjects:

• 1 hour of CE on the topic of sexual harassment prevention training per renewal period
• 1 hour of implicit bias awareness training per renewal period
• 1 hour of Alzheimer disease and other dementias every 6 years for health care professionals who provide health care services to patients 26 years of age and older
• 1 hour of cultural competency every 6 years
• 1 hour of safe opioid prescribing practices every 6 years for licensed prescribers of controlled substances
   

Child Abuse Reporting Requirements: 
Beginning January 1, 2021, all licensees who are considered mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect are required to complete training on the subject within 3 months of engagement in a professional or official capacity as a mandated reporter. Physicians must complete the training at least every 6 years thereafter. The training will count toward meeting a licensee's required continuing education, and is provided by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).
 
 

NEW! DEA MATE ACT:
Beginning with DEA initial registrations or renewals starting June 27, 2023, all DEA-registered practitioners (with the exception of DVM-only license holders) are required to complete 8 hours of one-time training on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders.

Mandatory Subjects:

• 1 hour of CE on the topic of sexual harassment prevention training
• NEW! 1-hour of Implicit Bias Training*

Additional Mandatory Subjects for Controlled Substance Licensees:

• Safe opioid prescribing practices - 3 hours
• Pharmacology - 10 hours

*For license or registration renewals occurring on or after January 1, 2023, a health care professional who has continuing education requirements must complete at least a one-hour course in training on implicit bias awareness per renewal period. A health care professional may count this one hour for completion of this course toward meeting the minimum credit hours required for continuing education. Any training on implicit bias awareness applied to meet any other State licensure requirement, professional accreditation or certification requirement, or health care institutional practice agreement may count toward the one-hour requirement. 

For more information on the new Implicit Bias training requirement, please visit the Illinois General Assembly