Cal. Code Regs. tit. 16 § 1337.5

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 49, December 6, 2024

Section 1337.5 - Criteria for Acceptability of Courses

(a) Those courses and programs referred to in Section 1337(a)(3) above shall meet the following criteria in order to be acceptable to the division on an hour-for-hour basis:

(1) Faculty--The course or program organizer(s) shall have a faculty appointment in a public university or state college or in a private postsecondary educational institution authorized or approved pursuant to Sections 94310 or 94311 of the Education Code. The appointment may be in disciplines other than medicine but directly related to the practice of medicine. The curriculum vitae of all faculty members and other organizers shall be kept on file.

(2) Rationale--The need for the course and how the need was determined shall be clearly stated and maintained on file.

(3) Course Content--The content of the course or program shall be directly related to patient care, community health or public health, preventive medicine, quality assurance or improvement, risk management, health facility standards, the legal aspects of clinical medicine, bioethics, professional ethics, or improvement of the physician-patient relationship.

(4) Educational Objectives--Each course or program shall clearly state educational objectives that can be realistically accomplished within the framework of the course.

(5) Method of Instruction--Teaching methods for each course or program shall be described, e.g., lecture, seminar, audio-visual, simulation, etc.

(6) Evaluation--Each course or program shall include an evaluation method which documents that educational objectives have been met, e.g., written examination or written evaluation by each participant.

(7) Attendance--Course organizers shall maintain a record of attendance of each participant.

(b) The division will not give prior approval to individual courses or programs; however, the division will randomly audit courses or programs submitted for credit in addition to any course or program for which a complaint is received. If an audit is made, course organizers will be asked to submit to the division:

(1) Organizer(s) faculty curriculum vitae;

(2) Rationale for course;

(3) Course content;

(4) Educational objectives;

(5) Teaching methods;

(6) Evidence of evaluation;

(7) Attendance records.

(c) Credit toward the required hours of continuing education will not be received for any course deemed unacceptable by the division after an audit has been made pursuant to this section.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 16, § 1337.5

1. New section filed 9-1-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No. 36).
2. Amendment of subsection (a)(1) filed 4-11-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No. 15).
3. Amendment of NOTE filed 8-5-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 32).
4. Amendment of subsection (a)(3) filed 8-26-93; operative 9-27-93 (Register 93, No. 35).

Note: Authority cited: Section 2018, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 2190, Business and Professions Code.