2025 PODIATRIC PHYSICIAN RENEWAL FAQs
Effective at 11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on June 30, 2025, all current licenses for podiatric physicians will expire unless successfully renewed during the Board’s renewal period.
On May 5, 2025, the Board will mail a renewal application to all podiatric physicians. License renewal ends promptly at 4:30 pm EDT on June 30, 2025. Failure to renew by this deadline will result in licensure expiration. Because there is no grace period for practice after expiration, the Board strongly encourages early renewal to avoid unexpected problems or delays in renewal completion.
Renewal Process and Fees
- Do I need to renew my license in 2025?
- How do I renew my license?
- Can I renew online?
- Who can renew my license for me?
- Where can I get a renewal application?
- How much does it cost to renew my license?
- How do I pay my renewal fee?
- What is a Controlled Substance Dispensing Practitioner Registration?
- I have a Controlled Substance Dispensing Practitioner Registration for the office-based dispensing and/or administering of controlled substances. Does it renew when I renew my podiatric medical license?
Getting Started
- What information do I need to have handy when I fill out my renewal application?
- How can I find my WVBOM license number?
- Will I need to provide documents with my renewal application?
- How do I get my wallet card?
- Can you fax or mail a copy of my wallet card to me or my employer?
License Status
- What is an inactive status license, and what does that mean in West Virginia?
- Can I change my license status during renewal?
- I changed my license status from active to inactive on my application, so why does my Board profile still have me listed as active?
- I am not interested in keeping my West Virginia license. Do I need to renew?
- I don’t want to keep my West Virginia license, but I do have a complaint with the Board that has not yet been resolved. What happens if I let my license expire?
- I can’t finish my renewal application by 4:30 pm EDT on June 30, 2025. What happens now?
- My license expired on June 30, 2025. How do I get it back?
- How long does it take to get a license reinstated?
- Can I practice while the Board processes my reinstatement application?
- My license expired on June 30, 2025 and I am scheduled to work next week. Can my reinstatement application be expedited?
General Application Questions
- Why are you asking me about my child support?
- Can I review the Professional Practice, Character and Fitness Questions before I receive my renewal application?
- Why do you want to know my anticipated retirement date?
- I was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and reckless driving on New Year’s Eve in 2023. The charges were bogus and were later dismissed. Do I need to report this on my renewal?
- What malpractice will I be required to report during renewal?
- I am a voluntary confidential participant in the WVMPHP. Do I have to report this on my renewal application?
- I’ve already renewed, but I have new information that changes one of my answers. What do I do?
Continuing Podiatric Education
- Are there CPE requirements for renewal?
- How much and what kind of CPE do I need?
- I am Board certified. Do I have to do CPE?
- I am a resident/fellow. Do I have to do CPE?
- I have an inactive license. Do I have to do CPE?
- Can I renew my license in May and finish up my CPE after I renew?
- Who has to take the risk assessment and responsible prescribing of controlled substances training / drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training?
- I think I have only written one controlled substance prescription since July 1, 2023. Am I eligible for a waiver of the risk assessment and responsible prescribing of controlled substances training / drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training?
- I only prescribe controlled substances outside of West Virginia. Am I eligible for a waiver of the risk assessment and responsible prescribing of controlled substances training drug / diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training?
- I have not prescribed any controlled substances whatsoever since July 1, 2023. How do I get a waiver of the risk assessment and responsible prescribing of controlled substances training / drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training?
- I took a Board-approved risk assessment and responsible prescribing of controlled substances training / drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training course in May or June of 2023. Do I have to take it again?
- I took a Controlled Substance course for my license renewal in another state. Can I use this course to satisfy West Virginia’s prescribing CPE requirement?
- How can I find a Board-approved course?
- Has the Board approved any online courses that satisfy the risk assessment and responsible prescribing of controlled substances training / drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training requirement?
- I was required to complete an eight-hour CME training to fulfill my DEA obligations, does the training that I took to satisfy my DEA obligations fulfil my Board of Medicine risk assessment and responsible prescribing of controlled substances training / drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training requirements?
Registration with the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program Database
- What is the CSMP and what does it have to do with renewing my podiatric medical license?
- Is my CSMP registration the same as my DEA registration?
- Who has to be registered with the CSMP for podiatric medical license renewal?
- I prescribe controlled substances, but not in West Virginia. Do I have to register with the CSMP?
- What information will I need about CSMP registration for my podiatric medical license renewal application?
- I can’t get my CSMP certificate from the Board of Pharmacy. What do I do?
- It’s June 30th and I am unable to get my CSMP registration completed by 4:30 pm. Can I answer that I do not prescribe controlled substances in order to complete my renewal application on time and then register with the CSMP?
- Who can I call at the Board with a question about renewal?
- What email address should I use for questions about 2025 Renewal?
If you want to keep your West Virginia license after June 30, 2025, you need to apply for renewal during the renewal period.
You must renew your license by submitting a paper renewal application. On May 5, 2025, the Board will mail a 2025 renewal application with instructions to your preferred mailing address on record with the Board. If you do not receive a renewal application, you may download the application from the Board’s website.
No. Podiatric physician license renewal is not available online in 2025.
You are the only person authorized to renew your license. The Board’s license renewal application includes several certifications and attestations that require your personal completion. Allowing anyone else to complete these certifications and/or attestations on your behalf can constitute misconduct and/or fraud.
On May 5, 2025, the Board will mail a 2025 renewal application with instructions to your preferred mailing address on record with the Board. If you do not receive a renewal application, you may download the application from the Board’s website.
The renewal fee is $400 for an active status license, and $150 for an inactive status license.
The Board accepts online credit card payments for all fees. Upon receipt of your completed application, the Board will send payment instructions via email to the address provided on the renewal application. The application will not be processed until payment is received.
Podiatric physicians who dispense and/or administer controlled substances (including free samples) in an office-based setting must be registered with the Board as a Controlled Substance Dispensing Practitioner. To renew as a Controlled Substance Dispensing Practitioner, please submit a 2025 Controlled Substance Dispensing Practitioner Registration Renewal Application with the appropriate payment by 4:30 pm EDT on June 30, 2025. For other questions regarding controlled substance dispensing practitioner registration, please review the 2025 Controlled Substance Dispensing Practitioner Registration FAQs.
No. If you currently have a Controlled Substance Dispensing Practitioner Registration for one or more locations, your registration(s) will expire at 11:59 EDT on June 30, 2025. You must submit a paper application to renew an existing controlled substance dispensing practitioner registration or to obtain a new registration. All current registrants will receive an email renewal notification in April 2025.
Please make sure that you have any documents you may need to refer to in order to provide complete and accurate responses to the renewal application questions.
Be prepared to describe and provide documents related to any of the Professional Practice, Character and Fitness Questions that require you to provide an affirmative answer. You can be prepared by reviewing these questions in advance.
You will also need to have information handy to assist you in verifying your successful completion of CPE.
If you have prescribed or dispensed controlled substances in West Virginia at any time since July 1, 2023, you must be registered to access the West Virginia Controlled Substance Monitoring Program (CSMP) database in order to renew your license. You will need the date of registration from your CSMP Registration Certificate to complete your renewal application.
If you do not remember your WVBOM podiatric medical license number, use the “Look up a Doctor or PA” search feature located on the Board’s website to obtain your number. If you call the Board for your license number, you will be redirected by Board staff to the Board’s website search feature.
Maybe. If you answer yes to certain Professional Practice, Character and Fitness Questions, you may be required to submit documents supporting or explaining your answer(s). Certain active members of the armed forces who are currently deployed may also submit documents in association with a request for payment and CPE waivers.
Once your completed application is received, it will be reviewed by Board staff to determine if additional information is needed. If you are required to submit additional information, you will be contacted by email. This is another reason why it is important to renew early.
If you have not heard from the Board within seven business days of mailing your application, check your licensee profile on the Board’s website:
If your profile indicates an expiration date of June 30, 2027, your application is complete, and you may print your wallet card.
If your profile still shows an expiration date of June 30, 2025 after seven business days, please check your email to see if the Board has attempted to contact you. If not, please email the Board at wvbom@wv.gov to verify your contact information and to follow up regarding your application.
No. The Board will not fax, scan or mail a copy of your wallet card to anyone. After your application has been accepted, you can print your wallet card using the Print License feature on the Board’s home page.
If you hold an inactive status license, you cannot practice podiatric medicine or surgery, write prescriptions or administer prescription medications in West Virginia under any circumstances. This license status allows you to retain your West Virginia license while you practice in other states or during a period of clinical inactivity. You are still required to renew your license every two years, and you must complete all required CPE during each license cycle.
Yes and no.
Yes, you can change your license status from active to inactive during renewal.
No, you cannot change your status from inactive to active during renewal. If your status is inactive when you renew, you may only renew as an inactive status licensee. If you want to change your status from inactive to active status you must submit a Change of Status Application in addition to your renewal application. Please email the Board for instructions.
If you hold an active license when you renew, your license will remain in active status until 11:59 pm EDT on June 30, 2025. Your license will convert to inactive status beginning on July 1, 2025.
No. If you do not want to renew your West Virginia license, simply do nothing and it will expire at 11:59 pm EDT on June 30, 2025. Please be aware that license expiration while under investigation by the Board is reportable to the National Practitioner Data Bank.
If you permit your license to expire while the Board is investigating a complaint against you, your license expiration is reportable to the National Practitioner Data Bank for allowing your license to expire while under, or to avoid, investigation.
Your license will expire at 11:59 pm EDT on June 30, 2025. You may not practice podiatric medicine or surgery, write prescriptions or administer prescription drugs in West Virginia with an expired license under any circumstances.
Please renew early to allow for unforeseen circumstances. If you attempt to submit your application on June 30, 2025 and your application is incomplete, you will not have time to complete your application or to correct any omissions, and your license will expire.
Between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026, you may apply for reinstatement of an expired West Virginia license. The reinstatement application is similar to a renewal application, but it also requires submission of CPE documentation. The reinstatement fee is $600 for an active status license. The reinstatement application will be posted on the Board’s website, beginning July 1, 2025.
After July 1, 2026, you will need to apply for re-licensure to activate an expired license.
It depends. If your license expires and you apply for reinstatement in early July, please expect an interruption in your ability to practice. To avoid prolonged delays, please read the reinstatement instructions carefully, provide accurate and complete answers to all of the application questions, submit appropriate and complete CPE documentation.
If your reinstatement application includes discrepant information, it cannot be approved until after it is reviewed by the Licensure Committee. The first Licensure Committee meeting where reinstatement applications will be discussed is on July 14, 2025.
No. You cannot practice until your application has been approved.
No. Reinstatement applications will be processed in the order in which they are received.
West Virginia state law requires all licensing boards to ask applicants about court-ordered child support obligations.
Absolutely. The Board strongly encourages you to review and thoughtfully consider the Professional Practice, Character and Fitness Questions and your answers in advance of completing your application. Providing false, misleading or inaccurate answers to these questions can result in disciplinary action.
The West Virginia Legislature has tasked the Board with collecting retirement and practice data from renewal applicants to help in workforce planning. If you aren’t sure when you will retire, please provide your best estimate. This is required information.
Question number two of the Professional Practice, Character and Fitness Questions asks:
2. During the last two-year registration period of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025 have you, in any jurisdiction, for any reason been charged with or convicted of or pled nolo contendere to any felony or misdemeanor?
You must answer yes to this question and provide a detailed explanation of the facts and circumstances if you have ever been charged with or convicted of (or pled no contest to) a felony or misdemeanor, even if the charge/conviction was bogus, dismissed, deferred or expunged.
You are required to report and explain the facts and circumstances surrounding any malpractice settlement or judgment rendered against you between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2025. You can provide the case information, including case number, settlement/judgment amount, and circumstances as an attachment to your application. If you renew in May 2025 and settle a case in June 2025, please contact the Board for instructions on how to amend your application.
No. If you have a voluntary confidential agreement with the West Virginia Medical Professionals Health Program and are in good standing with the WVMPHP, you do not have to report this on your renewal application, and you may answer “No” to Professional Practice, Character and Fitness Question Number 13.
If your answer to any application question should change for any reason prior to July 1, 2025, you have a duty to amend your application. Please email the Board for instructions on how to amend your application.
Yes. You cannot renew your license until you have completed your required CPE for the July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025 licensure cycle.
Mandatory Controlled Substance Course for all Licensees
If you have prescribed, administered, or dispensed any controlled substance pursuant to a West Virginia license between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2025, you are required to complete 3-hours of Board-approved continuing education in risk assessment and responsible prescribing of controlled substances training / drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training between July 1, 2023 and the date you submit your renewal application. This mandatory course can only be waived if you have not prescribed, administered or dispensed any controlled substances pursuant to a West Virginia license during this time frame OR if you were granted an initial license by the Board after July 1, 2024. If you were initially licensed after July 1, 2024, and have prescribed, administered and/or dispensed any controlled substances, you must complete this requirement within one year of the date of initial licensure. The Board maintains a list of all risk assessment and responsible prescribing of controlled substances training / drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training courses that have been approved by the Board since July 1, 2023.
In addition to the mandatory risk assessment and responsible prescribing of controlled substances training / drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training course, there are two pathways to satisfy your biennial CPE obligation, for this renewal cycle.
Option 1 Classic CPE
Complete 50 hours of CPE during the reporting period which is: approved by the APMA or Council on Podiatric Medical Education; presented or sponsored by any of the podiatry colleges in the United States; designated as Category I by the AMA or AAFP; or presented or sponsored by the West Virginia Podiatric Medical Association.
• 30 hours of continuing education must be in your area(s) of specialty.
• You may count up to 20 hours of podiatric or medical student teaching/preceptorship in your 50-hour total.
• Your 3-hour Board-approved risk assessment and responsible prescribing of controlled substances training / drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training can be used for 3 of your 50 CPE hours.
Option 2 One Full Year of CPME or CPM Approved Training
You may satisfy all required CPE hours except the 3-hour Board-approved risk assessment and responsible prescribing of controlled substances training / drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training requirement by successful completion of one full year of graduate training approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education or the Colleges of Podiatric Medicine during the reporting period. For 2025 license renewal applicants, this reporting period is July 1, 2023 through the date a renewal application is submitted.
Yes. Board certification does not excuse you from CPE requirements.
You may satisfy all of your required CPE hours except your 3-hour Board-approved risk assessment and responsible prescribing of controlled substances training / drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training requirement if you can provide documentation of successful completion of one full year of approved graduate training between July 1, 2023 and the date you submit your renewal application.
Yes. An inactive status license does not excuse you from the CPE requirements.
No. You are not eligible to renew your license until you have completed your required CPE for the July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025 licensure cycle. Your CPE must be complete at the time you sign and date the CPE attestation on your renewal application.
If you have prescribed, administered, or dispensed any controlled substance whatsoever pursuant to your West Virginia license between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2025, you are required to complete 3-hours of Board-approved continuing education in risk assessment and responsible prescribing of controlled substances training / drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training between July 1, 2023 and the date you sign your renewal application. This mandatory course can only be waived if you have not prescribed, administered or dispensed any controlled substances whatsoever pursuant to your West Virginia license during this time frame OR if you were granted an initial license by the Board after July 1, 2024. If you were initially licensed after July 1, 2024, and have prescribed, administered and/or dispensed any controlled substances, you must complete this requirement within one year of the date of initial licensure. The Board maintains a list of all risk assessment and responsible prescribing of controlled substances training / drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training courses that have been approved by the Board since July 1, 2023.
No, you are not eligible for a waiver. If you have prescribed, administered or dispensed any controlled substances whatsoever pursuant to your West Virginia license since July 1, 2023, this course is mandatory for license renewal.
You are eligible for a waiver if you have not prescribed any controlled substances in West Virginia or to patients who are located in West Virginia.
You can request a waiver on the CPE portion of your renewal application by making the appropriate attestation.
Yes. You have to take this mandatory continuing education every renewal cycle unless you are eligible for a waiver. Your June 2023 course cannot be used this cycle. To satisfy the requirement for your current renewal, you must have taken the course on or after July 1, 2023.
No. To satisfy this mandatory continuing education requirement, your course must appear on the Board-approved list.
Yes. Online courses are included on the Board’s approved list.
Maybe. You will need to review the list of Board approved courses to determine if your course that you took to satisfy you DEA obligations has been approved by the Board
The West Virginia Board of Pharmacy’s Controlled Substance Monitoring Program (CSMP) is an on-line controlled substance prescription dispensing data collection and tracking system. Under certain circumstances, prescribers are required to review patient information in association with making prescribing decisions. Pursuant to state law, if you prescribe or dispense Schedule II, III or IV controlled substances pursuant to your West Virginia podiatric medical license, you must obtain and maintain access to the CSMP database.
If you have prescribed or dispensed Schedule II, III, IV and/or V controlled substances in West Virginia at any time since July 1, 2023, you must be registered to access the CSMP database in order to renew your license. You will need your date of registration from your CSMP Registration Certificate to complete your renewal application.
No. Your DEA registration is completely different from your registration to access the Board of Pharmacy’s CSMP database.
If you prescribe or dispense Schedule II, III, IV and/or V controlled substances pursuant to your West Virginia podiatric medical license, you must obtain and maintain access to the CSMP database.
No. If you do not prescribe or dispense Schedule II, III, IV and/or V controlled substances pursuant to your West Virginia podiatric medical license, you do not need to register with the CSMP.
You will need to know the date you originally registered with the CSMP for access to the database. This date appears on your CSMP registration certificate issued by the Board of Pharmacy.
Please contact the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy.
No. Providing false information on an application for any reason is a fraudulent act and may result in disciplinary action against your license. If you are unable to truthfully comply with all renewal requirements by the June 30, 2025 renewal deadline, you cannot renew. Licensure reinstatement applications will be available on the Board’s website beginning July 1, 2025.
Please review the renewal FAQs carefully before reaching out to the Board with questions. The overwhelming majority of telephone inquiries the Board received regarding podiatric physician license renewal in 2023 were resolvable by reviewing the 2023 Renewal FAQs and other information readily available on the Board’s website. Please email questions that cannot be resolved via the FAQs to wvbom@wv.gov.
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