Below is exactly what Washington State Podiatric Medical Board requires: mandatory topics, exemptions, accepted credit types, and documentation rules.
Reviewed by Doug Doehrman, MD · Last reviewed May 12, 2026
For Podiatrists, 100 hours is the total CME requirement. Washington also requires a set of one-time topics that count toward the 100-hour total.
“Health equity continuing medical education training”
Credit must come from an organization accredited by the ACCME, AMA, Washington Medical Association, or AAFP. ACGME residency or fellowship time accrues toward the requirement. Teaching or presenting accredited CME can satisfy a portion of required hours.
| Credit system | Notes |
|---|---|
Category 1 (APMA/ACFAS/CPME/ACCME) min 40 hrs | scientific courses or seminars approved, offered, or sponsored by APMA, ACFAS, AMA, or programs accredited by CPME or ACCME.SourceWAC 246-922-310[1] |
Category 2 (Health Care Delivery) 0–50 hrs | courses or seminars related to health care delivery offered or sponsored by nonprofit organizations, other proprietary organizations, and individuals.SourceWAC 246-922-310[1] |
Category 3 (Teaching / Self-Study / Committees) 0–60 hrs | includes up to 30 hours each through teaching/publishing, online study, self-study, and institutional committees/credentialing.SourceWAC 246-922-310[1] |
Category 4 (Health Equity) min 2 hrs | health equity continuing medical education training meeting standards under RCW 43.70.613 and WAC 246-12-800 through 246-12-830.SourceWAC 246-922-310[1] |
Physicians are responsible for retaining CME documentation and producing it on request. Requirements include course title, dates, hours, sponsoring organization, and accrediting body.
A resident in an approved postgraduate residency training program is not required to participate in podiatric continuing medical education.
Practitioners may satisfy CME requirements by certifying or recertifying within four years through a specialty board recognized by CPME, or by participating in a maintenance of certification program for a CPME-recognized specialty board.
Atlas CME tracks your hours, maps them to your state requirements, and reminds you before your your license anniversary renewal.
Every mandatory topic and conditional requirement above cites the underlying statute or rule. Numbered references below correspond to the bracketed citations next to each requirement.
“Health equity continuing medical education training”WAC 246-922-310 (Cat. 4); RCW 43.70.613