Level 2 Accreditation

Level 2 Accreditation Overview

Level 2 Accreditation provides physicians with a further understanding of the administrative, legal, and medical aspects of workers' compensation. Specifically, this course educates physicians in performing impairment ratings using The American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 3rd Edition Revised.

Per statute, Level 2 Accreditation is limited to MDs and DOs only. Level 2 Accreditation can be either limited or full. Limited Level 2 Accreditation includes the ability to perform impairment ratings for specific areas of the body. Full Level 2 Accreditation allows physicians to perform impairment ratings for all body parts and systems and is required for the following specialties: anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family medicine, physical medicine, rehabilitation, internal medicine, occupational medicine, osteopathic manipulative medicine, pain management, public health &, general preventive medicine, radiology, and sports medicine. All other specialists may obtain either full or limited accreditation.

As of January 1, 2018, Level 1 Accreditation is required prior to Level 2 Accreditation (Rule 13-2). Active Level 1 Accreditation is required at the time of registration for Level 2 Accreditation.

To maintain accreditation, providers must re-accredit every three years. Providers maintaining Level 2 Accreditation need not maintain their Level 1 Accreditation.

Important course information:

• This online course is offered at two different periods throughout the year.
• Registrants may complete the course at their own pace within each course term.
• Online course modules will not be available until the term start date.
• All accreditation requirements must be completed by the respective course term end-date.
• No course term changes/substitutions and/or carry-over of completed coursework are permitted. 

Course Objectives

• Apply the Colorado Medical Treatment Guidelines meaningfully in clinical practice.
• Synthesize principles of chronology to appropriately proceed through and complete a workers' compensation case.
• Create a comprehensive narrative report for an impairment rating.
• Construct an impairment rating through application of the AMA Guides to Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Third Edition, Revised.
• Distinguish between the principles of normalization and apportionment.
• Construct an impairment rating that requires apportionment.

Continuing Medical Education

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for (see table)  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

View more information about this Level 2 Accreditation CME activity.

Course Fees

The online course: $400.00

* All accreditation requirements need to be completed by the respective course term end-date. Otherwise,  new registration with payment of applicable course fees must be submitted to re-apply for accreditation

Contact Us

Division of Workers' Compensation
Provider Education
707 17th Street, Suite 2300
Denver, CO 80202
303-318-8754
303-318-8653 (Fax)
cdle_dowc_provider_education@state.co.us