Connecticut Medical License Renewal, 2026

i Deadlines, fees, and what happens if you are late

1 Step-by-Step: Renewing Your Connecticut Medical License

Follow these steps to renew your medical license with the Connecticut Department of Public Health, Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section (adjudicative board: Connecticut Medical Examining Board):

1. Complete your CME for the cycle (50 hours) (see details below)
2. Log in to the Connecticut Department of Public Health, Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section (adjudicative board: Connecticut Medical Examining Board) renewal portal
3. Complete the renewal application and answer the attestation questions
4. Pay the renewal fee ($575)
5. Submit and save your confirmation

2 Connecticut CME Requirements

50 hours per 2-year cycle.

• 1 hour infection control
• 1 hour risk management
• 1 hour sexual assault
• 1 hour domestic violence

CredentialDOMD organizes your saved CME and shows progress against the rules on file. Review the dates and source links for your license, then confirm unclear requirements with your board.

3 Common Pitfalls to Avoid

These are the mistakes Connecticut physicians most commonly make during renewal:

• Renewal is ANNUAL in your birth month, but the CME cycle is 24 months (50 hours per CGS 20-10b). Every other renewal you attest to a completed CME cycle, so it is easy to mistake Connecticut for a biennial-renewal state and miss a $575 birth-month renewal in an off year.
• Renewal notices go out by EMAIL ONLY for physicians (about 60 days before expiration, final notice 30 days after). A stale email address in your eLicense account means you never hear about the renewal; online renewal is also mandatory for physicians, no paper option.
• The 90-day grace period is a cliff, not a cushion: you may practice and renew during it, but on day 91 the license becomes VOID and you must file a full reinstatement application ($565, 25 CME hours in the prior year, source-verified employment and out-of-state license documents, CV), and if you have been out of active clinical practice more than 6 months your file goes to the Connecticut Medical Examining Board for review.
• Physicians providing direct patient care must maintain professional liability insurance of at least $500,000 per person / $1,500,000 aggregate (CGS 20-11b); failure to maintain it exposes the license to Medical Examining Board action under CGS 19a-17.
• If you practice ONLY as a volunteer, do not silently skip the fee: CGS 20-10c lets a physician providing at least 100 hours per year of uncompensated care at qualifying facilities (and not otherwise practicing) apply for a waiver of the renewal fee using DPH's Request for Waiver of Physician License Renewal Fee form, while still keeping liability insurance and CME current.

4 Frequently Asked Questions

✓ Where this comes from

Double-checked against a second official source, August 2026. These are the primary sources we read:

• Renewal fee $575.00, reinstatement fee $565.00, eLicense portal link
• Annual birth-month expiration, 60/30-day notices, email-only notice for physicians, 90-day grace period, void on day 91, no inactive status
• Mandatory online renewal for physicians, email notification, eLicense URL
• eLicense account registration and login steps for renewal
• CME requirement: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-10b

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