Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 435 - State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision
Chapter 10 - Physicians and Surgeons
Subchapter 15 - Continuing Medical Education
Section 435:10-15-1 - Continuing medical education
Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 435:10-15-1
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) Requirements.
(1) Each applicant for re-registration
(renewal) of licensure shall certify every three years that he/she has
completed the requisite hours of continuing medical education
(C.M.E.).
(2) Requisite hours of
C.M.E. shall be sixty (60) hours of Category I obtained during the preceding
three (3) years as defined by the American Medical Association/Oklahoma State
Medical Association/American Academy of Family Physicians or other certifying
organization recognized by the Board.
(3) Newly licensed physicians will be
required to begin reporting three years from the date licensure was
granted.
(b) Audit/Verification.
(1) The Board
staff will, each year, randomly or for cause select licensees to be audited for
verification that C.M.E. requirements have been met.
(2) The Board shall accept as verification:
(A) Current American Medical Association
Physician Recognition Award (AMAPRA);
(B) Specialty board certification or
recertification that was obtained during the three year reporting period, by an
American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) specialty board;
(C) Proof of residency or fellowship training
during the preceding three years. Fifty (50) hours of CME may be awarded for
each completed year of training;
(D) Copies of certificates for the Category I
education.
(c) Compliance.
(1) Licensees selected for audit must submit
verification of meeting the CME requirement.
(2) Failure to submit such records shall
constitute an incomplete application and shall result in the application being
returned to the licensee and the licensee being unable to practice.
(3) A license obtained through
misrepresentation shall result in Board action.
Added at 14 Ok Reg 1413, eff 5-12-97; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 1351, eff 5-11-00; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2777, eff 8-19-02 (emergency); Amended at 20 Ok Reg 971, eff 5-21-03
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