D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-4607

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 40, October 4, 2024

Rule 17-4607 - APPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

4607.1

The Board may, in its discretion, approve continuing education programs and activities that contribute to the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services to patients, the public or the profession and which meet the other requirements of this section.

4607.2

To be acceptable for credit, a continuing medical education program or activity shall be limited in content to that body of knowledge and skills generally recognized and accepted by the medical profession as within the basic medical sciences, the discipline of clinical medicine, or the provision of health care to the public.

4607.3

The Board may approve continuing education program and activities for Category 1 credit, according to the following conditions:

(a) The programs and activities meet the requirements of §§ 4607.1 and 4607.2; and

(b) The programs and activities are through providers approved by:

(1) The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME);

(2) A state medical society; or

(3) A sponsoring organization or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) that awards the program or activity with an American Medical Association Physicians Recognition Award (AWRA).

4607.4

Continuing medical education hours that are completed, pursuant to § 4606.4(c) of this chapter, in cultural competence and appropriate clinical treatment specifically for individuals who are LGBTQ shall, at a minimum, provide information and skills to enable a physician to care effectively and respectfully for patients who identify as LGBTQ, which may include:

(a) Specialized clinical training relevant to patients who identify as LGBTQ, including training on how to use cultural information and terminology to establish clinical relationships;

(b) Training that improves the understanding and application, in a clinical setting, of relevant data concerning health disparities and risk factors for patients who identify as LGBTQ;

(c) Training that outlines the legal obligations associated with treating patients who identify as LGBTQ;

(d) Best practices for collecting, storing, using, and keeping confidential, information regarding sexual orientation and gender identity;

(e) Best practices for training support staff regarding the treatment of patients who identify as LGBTQ and their families;

(f) Training that improves the understanding of the intersections between systems of oppression and discrimination and improves the recognition that those who identify as LGBTQ may experience these systems in varying degrees of intensity; and

(g) Training that addresses underlying cultural biases aimed at improving the provision of nondiscriminatory care for patients who identify as LGBTQ.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-4607

Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 5999, 6007 (August 5, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 6835 (July 22, 2005); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 11054 (10/27/2017)