Exams

Dates and Fees

• Apply for Certification

  Application Window
  April 23 – September 5, 2024*
  $420 application fee

  Late Application Window
  September 6 – October 4, 2024*
  $840 application and late fee

  *Applications will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the application window.

  Fees subject to change

• Qualifying Examination

  Exam
  

  October 28 – November 2, 2024

  Registration*
  May 6 – October 10, 2024
  $960 registration fee

  Late Registration*
  October 11-22, 2024
  $1,260 registration and late fee

  *Registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the registration window.

  Fees subject to change

• Oral Certification Examination

  2024

  Exam
  April 16-19, 2024

  Registration*
  February 15 – March 21, 2024
  $1,255 registration fee
  

  Late Registration*
  March 22-29, 2024
  $1,565 registration and late fee

  *Registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the registration window.

  Fees subject to change

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  Exam
  September 10-13, 2024

  Registration*
  February 15 – August 1, 2024
  $1,255 registration fee
  

  Late Registration*
  August 2-22, 2024
  $1,565 registration and late fee
  

  *Registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the registration window.

  Fees subject to change

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  Exam
  December 3-6, 2024

  Registration*
  February 15 – November 4, 2024
  $1,255 registration fee

  Late Registration*
  November 5-19, 2024
  $1,565 registration and late fee
  

  *Registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the registration window.

  Fees subject to change

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  2025

  Exam
  April 29 – May 2, 2025

  Registration*
  TBD

  *Registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the registration window.
  

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  Exam
  October 7-10, 2025

  Registration*
  TBD

  *Registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the registration window.
  

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  Exam
  December 9-12, 2025

  Registration*
  TBD

  *Registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the registration window.

• Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography

  Exam
  March 11-16, 2024

  Application Request Deadline*
  December 1, 2023
  Request an Application

  Application*
  June 1 - December 18, 2023

  Registration End Date*
  March 1, 2024
  $470 application fee
  $1,745 registration fee

  *Application requests, applications, and registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the application requests/application/registration window.

  Fees subject to change

• Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Certification Examination

  Exam
  October 5, 2024

  Application*
  June 5 – August 12, 2024
  $470 application fee
  $1,745 exam registration fee

  *Applications will be accepted until midnight Eastern Time on the last day of the application window.

  Fees subject to change

• Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Recertification Examination

  Exam
  TBD

  Application and Registration*
  TBD
  

  *Applications and registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the application/registration window.

  Fees subject to change

• EMS Certification Examination

  The EMS Certification Examination is offered every two years, in odd-numbered years.
  
  Exam
  October 16 and October 18, 2023

  Application*
  March 1– September 1, 2023

  Registration End Date*
  October 1, 2023
  $470 application fee
  $1,745 registration fee

  *Applications and registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the application/registration window.

  Fees subject to change

• Health Care Administration, Leadership, and Management

  The Heath Care Administration, Leadership, and Management Certification Examination is offered every other year, in even-numbered years.

  Exam
  November 11-26, 2024

  Application*
  January 22 – July 30, 2024

  Registration and Scheduling*
  September 16, 2024
  $470 application fee
  $1,745 registration fee

  *Applications and registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the application/registration window.

  Fees subject to change

• Hospice and Palliative Medicine Certification Examination

  Exam
  November 6, 2024
  

  Application*
  January 8 – June 10, 2024

  *Applications will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the application window.

  Fees subject to change

• Hospice and Palliative Medicine MOC Examination

  Exam
  November 6, 2024
  

  Registration*
  January 8 - July 31, 2024
  $1,950 exam registration fee

  *Registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the application window.

  Fees subject to change

• Internal Medicine-Critical Care Medicine Certification Examination

  Exam
  November 14, 2024

  Application*
  January 8 – June 10, 2024
  $470 application fee
  $1,745 exam registration fee

  *Applications and registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the application/registration window.

  Fees subject to change

• Internal Medicine-Critical Care Medicine MOC Examination

  Spring Exam
  May 1, 2024

  Registration*
  January 8 – February 14, 2024
  $1,950 exam registration fee

  *Registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the registration window.

  Fees subject to change

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  Fall Exam
  November 14, 2024
  

  Registration*
  January 8 – July 31, 2024
  $1,950 exam registration fee

  *Registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the registration window.

  Fees subject to change

• LLSA Tests

  
  

  LLSA Test	Published	Expires
  EM 2025 LLSA	April 1, 2025	January 22, 2027
  EM 2024 LLSA	April 1, 2024	January 22, 2027
  EM 2023 LLSA	April 1, 2023	January 22. 2027
  EM 2022 LLSA	April 1, 2022	January 22, 2027
  EM 2021 LLSA	April 2, 2021	March 31, 2026
  EM 2020 LLSA	April 1, 2020	March 31, 2025
  EM 2019 LLSA	April 1, 2019	March 31, 2024
  MedTox 2023 LLSA	June 1, 2023	May 31, 2025
  MedTox 2021 LLSA	June 1, 2021	May 31, 2025
  EMS 2024 LLSA	June 1, 2024	May 31, 2026
  EMS 2022 LLSA	June 1, 2022	May 31, 2026
  EMS 2020 LLSA	June 1, 2020	May 31, 2024
  PedEM 2021 LLSA	August 1, 2021	July 31, 2026

  LLSA Reading Lists are made available approximately one year in advance of their associated test.

  ABEM-certified physicians register and take LLSA tests through their ABEM Portal.  
  
  The registration fee for each LLSA test is $105*

  * Physicians with certifications ending in 2021 and later, the fee = $0

  Fees subject to change

   

• Medical Toxicology Certification Examination

  The Medical Toxicology Certification Examination is offered every other year, in even-numbered years.

  Exam
  October 10, 2024

  Application*
  March 1 - September 9, 2024

  Registration*
  March 1 - October 1, 2024

  *Applications and registrations will be accepted until midnight Eastern Time on the last day of the application/registration window.

  Fees subject to change

• Neurocritical Care

  Exam
  October 7-11, 2024

  Application*
  January 8 – July 1, 2024

  *Applications will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the application window.

  Fees subject to change

• Pain Medicine Certification Examination

  Exam
  September 28, 2024

  Application*
  June 3 – August 5, 2024
  $470 application fee
  $1,745 examination fee

  *Applications will be accepted until midnight Eastern Time on the last day of the application window.

  Fees subject to change

• Pain Medicine Recertification Examination

  Exam
  TBD

  Registration*
  TBD

  *Registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the registration window.

  Fees subject to change

• Pediatric Emergency Medicine Certification Examination

  The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Certification Examination is offered every two years, in odd-numbered years.
  
  Exam
  April 4, 2023

  Application*
  August 1, 2022 – January 13, 2023
  $470 application fee

  Registration*
  August 1, 2022 – January 13, 2023
  $1,750 exam registration fee

  *Applications and registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the application/registration window.

  Fees subject to change

• Pediatric Emergency Medicine Recertification Examination

  Exam
  January 22 – September 15, 2024

  Registration*
  January 8 – September 2, 2024
  $1,950 examination fee

  *Registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the registration window.

  Fees subject to change

• Sports Medicine Certification Examination

  Summer Exam
  July 9-13, 2024

  Application and Registration*
  February 2 – May 24, 2024
  $470 application fee
  $1,745 exam fee

  *Applications and registrations will be accepted until midnight Eastern Time on the last day of the application/registration window.

  Fees subject to change

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  Fall Exam
  November 11-19, 2024

  Application and Registration*
  July 5 – October 4, 2024
  $470 application fee
  $1,745 exam fee

  *Applications and registrations will be accepted until midnight Eastern Time on the last day of the application/registration window.

  Fees subject to change

• Sports Medicine Recertification Examination

  Summer Exam
  July 9-13, 2024

  Registration*
  February 2 – May 24, 2024
  $1,950 exam registration fee

  *Registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the registration window.

  Fees subject to change

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  Fall Exam
  November 11-19, 2024

  Registration*
  July 5 – October 4, 2024
  $1,950 exam registration fee

  *Registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the registration window.

  Fees subject to change

• Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Certification Examination

  Exam
  October 14 – November 3, 2024
  Exam fee: $1745

  Application*
  May 15, 2024 – September 5, 2024
  Application fee: $470

  *Applications and registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the application/registration window.

  Fees subject to change

• Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine MOC Examination

  Remote Proctored Exam
  June 18-24, 2023

  Registration Deadline*
  June 1, 2023
  $1,950 exam registration fee

  *Registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the registration window.

  Fees subject to change

• In-training Examination

  Exam: February 27 - March 2, 2024

  Exam Fee: $150

  Fees subject to change

• Health Care Leadership, Administration, and Management

  The Health Care Administration, Leadership, and Management Certification Examination is offered every other year, in even-numbered years.

  Exam
  October 14-18, 2024

  Application*
  Early 2024

  Registration End Date*
  October 1, 2024
  $470 application fee
  1,745 registration fee

  *Applications and registrations will be accepted until midnight ET on the last day of the application/registration window.

  Fees subject to change