Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
Every person licensed pursuant to Chapter 459, F.S., except
those licensed as physician assistants pursuant to Section
459.022, F.S., shall be required
to complete forty (40) hours of continuing medical education courses approved
by the Board in the twenty-four (24) months preceding each biennial renewal
period as established by the Department. Continuing medical education (CME)
requirements for biennial renewal of licensure are set forth in this rule. The
CME required by this rule may be obtained by completion of courses offered in
any format, including in a distance learning format, with the proviso in
paragraph (1)(a).
(1)
(a) For each biennial renewal, a licensee
shall complete a one (1) hour continuing medical education course in Florida
Laws and Rules/Professional and Medical Ethics, and a two (2) hour course in
Prevention of Medical Errors. For purposes of this rule, Florida Laws and Rules
means Chapters 456 and 459, F.S., and rule Title 64B15, F.A.C. These CME
courses may be obtained in any format, including in a distance learning format,
provided that the format includes an ability to interact with the presenter of
the course.
(b) A licensee shall
not be required to complete continuing medical education if the initial license
is issued subsequent to July 1 of the second year of the biennium, except such
licensee is required to complete the CME in paragraph
64B15-13.001(1)(a),
(d), and if applicable (e), F.A.C.
(c) A licensee shall complete a two (2) hour
Domestic Violence Course as part of every third biennial renewal of
licensure.
(d) A licensee shall
complete a one (1) hour HIV/AIDS course no later than upon first biennial
renewal of licensure.
(e) A
licensee who is registered with the United States Drug Enforcement Agency and
is authorized to prescribe controlled substances is required to complete a
2-hour course on prescribing controlled substances at each biennial renewal of
licensure as required by Section
456.0301, F.S. The Board
approves the controlled substance prescribing courses offered by the Florida
Medical Association, the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association, the Florida
Academy of Family Physicians, the Florida College of Emergency Physicians,
Baptist Health South Florida/Quality Network, InforMed, Florida Psychiatric
Society, NetCE, The Doctors Company, TeamHealth Institute, CE Group, and
Achieve CE for the purpose of meeting this continuing education
requirement.
(2) At
least twenty (20) of the forty (40) hours of the continuing medical education
required under this rule shall be American Osteopathic Association approved
Category I-A continuing education related to the practice of osteopathic
medicine or under osteopathic auspices.
(3)
(a)
Three (3) hours of general CME may be obtained by attending at least three (3)
hours of disciplinary matters at a regular meeting of the Board of Osteopathic
Medicine in compliance with the following:
1.
The licensee must sign in with the Executive Director of the Board, or
designee, before the meeting day begins.
2. The licensee must remain in continuous
attendance.
3. The licensee must
sign out with the Executive Director of the Board, or designee, at the end of
the meeting day or at such other earlier time as affirmatively authorized by
the Board. The licensee may receive CME credit for attending the disciplinary
portion of a Board meeting only if the licensee is attending on that day solely
for that purpose; the licensee may not receive such credit if appearing at the
Board meeting for another purpose. Members of the Board of Osteopathic Medicine
may receive CME credit for such attendance at one full day of disciplinary
hearings at a regular meeting of the Board.
4. A licensee may use no more than six (6)
hours of continuing education obtained by attending a Board of Osteopathic
Medicine meeting for the purpose of completing the continuing education
requirements for each biennial renewal.
(b) For purposes of this rule, a two hour
Prevention of Medical Errors course shall include a study of root cause
analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety. The course shall
address medication errors, surgical errors, diagnostic inaccuracies, and system
failures, and shall provide recommendations for creating safety systems in
health care organizations. The course must include information relating to the
five most mis-diagnosed conditions during the previous biennium, as determined
by the Board. The following areas have been determined as the five most
mis-diagnosed conditions:
1. Inappropriate
prescribing of controlled substances;
2. Failure to diagnose reproductive-related
conditions;
3. Wrong site/patient
surgery;
4. Failure to diagnose
spine-related conditions; and
5.
Failure to accurately diagnose cancer-related conditions.
(4) The following courses are
approved by the Board:
(a) Organized courses
of post graduate study offered by or approved by the American Osteopathic
Association or the American Medical Association or any of their divisional
societies;
(b) Organized courses of
post graduate study sponsored by a medical school recognized and approved by
the American Osteopathic Association or the American Medical
Association;
(c) Organized courses
of post graduate study sponsored by a specialty college of the American
Osteopathic Association or the American Medical Association;
(d) Organized courses of post graduate study
sponsored by the Public Health Service, state or territorial health services,
or a branch of the United States Armed Services;
(e) Fellowship, residency, or internship
programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
(ACGME); each fellow, intern, or resident shall be responsible for obtaining
the continuing medical education required under this rule. For fellows,
residents, or interns in accredited ACGME educational training programs, ten
(10) continuing medical education credit hours shall be awarded for successful
completion of each 6-month training program period;
(f) Teacher hours, lecture hours or
scientific papers read and published which are approved for credit by the
American Osteopathic Association;
(g) Annual convention and mid-year seminars
sponsored by the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association;
(h) Routine hospital programs, including
clinical and pathological conferences, mortality review, medical audit
committees, tumor board, peer review or utilization review; that are approved
by the American Osteopathic Association, (AOA), the American Medical
Association, (AMA), or by the Board.
(5) Home study hours up to a maximum of eight
(8) hours per biennium may be utilized toward continuing education requirements
for renewal. In order to be acceptable, said home study hours must be approved
by the AOA, the AMA, the Board, or approved for credit as a college or
university extension course with approved grading and evaluation
standards.
(6) In addition to the
continuing medical education credits authorized above, a volunteer expert
witness who is providing expert witness opinions for cases being reviewed
pursuant to Chapter 459, F.S., shall receive five (5) hours of credit for each
case reviewed. A volunteer expert may not accrue in excess of 15 hours of
credit per biennium pursuant to this paragraph. Former Board members serving on
the Probable Cause Panel shall be allowed a maximum of 15 hours of credit per
biennium pursuant to Section
456.013, F.S.
(7) A licensee who is a member of the Armed
Forces of the United States on active duty and for a period of six (6) months
after discharge from active duty may obtain all forty (40) hours of continuing
medical education in a distance learning format or home study, including the
courses required by paragraph
64B15-13.001(1)(a),
and is exempt from the requirements of subsection
64B15-13.001(2),
F.A.C.
(8) A licensee who is a
member of the Armed Forces of the United States can claim exemption from this
rule provided the licensee meets the requirements set forth in Section
456.024(1),
F.S.
Rulemaking Authority
456.013,
456.0301,
456.031,
459.005,
459.008(4) FS.
Law Implemented 456.013,
456.0301,
456.031,
459.008
FS.
New 10-23-79, Amended 1-29-86, Formerly 21R-13.01, Amended
12-5-89, 4-8-91, 2-16-92, Formerly 21R-13.001, Amended 1-10-94, Formerly
61F9-13.001, Amended 10-25-95, Formerly 59W-13.001, Amended 1-19-98, 6-3-98,
4-14-99, 5-26-02, 5-10-04, 7-27-04, 2-9-05, 2-14-06, 1-29-07, 5-10-09, 4-5-10,
11-6-12, 8-14-14, 8-21-16, 5-17-18, 8-9-18, 11-15-18, 8-12-19, 8-13-20, 9-8-20,
3-2-22, 10-15-23, 3-7-24.
