North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 50 - North Dakota Board of Medicine
Article 50-04 - Continuing Medical Education
Chapter 50-04-01 - Continuing Medical Education Standards
Section 50-04-01-02 - Exceptions

1. Physicians who are enrolled in full-time graduate medical education programs (residencies and fellowships) which are accredited by the accreditation council on graduate medical education or the American osteopathic association.

2. Physicians who hold a locum tenens permit or a special license and physicians who have not renewed their licenses for the first time since being granted a regular permanent license by the board.

3. Physicians who have retired from the active practice of medicine. This exception is available only to retired physicians who have completely and totally withdrawn from the practice of medicine. Any physician seeking to be excused from completing CME requirements under this subsection must submit an affidavit to the North Dakota board of medicine (on the board's form) certifying that the physician will render no medical services during the term of the next CME reporting period.

4. The board may grant an extension of time or other waiver to a licensee who, because of prolonged illness or other extenuating circumstances, has been unable to meet the CME requirements.

5. Physicians who hold a current certification, maintenance of certification, or recertification by a member of the American board of medical specialties, the American osteopathic association, or the royal college of physicians and surgeons of Canada at the time of the CME audit.