La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XLV-1379

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XLV-1379 - Failure to Satisfy Continuing Medical Education Requirement

A. An applicant for renewal of licensure who fails to evidence satisfaction of the continuing professional education requirement prescribed by these rules shall be given written notice of such failure by the board. Such notice shall be mailed to the most recent address of the licensee as reflected in the official records of the board. The license of the applicant shall remain in full force and effect for a period of 90 days following the mailing of such notice, following which such license shall be deemed expired, unrenewed and subject to suspension or revocation without further notice unless the applicant shall have furnished the board, within such 90 days, satisfactory evidence by affidavit, that:

1. the applicant has satisfied the applicable continuing medical education requirement;

2. the applicant's failure to satisfy the continuing medical education requirement was occasioned by disability, illness or other good cause as may be determined by the board pursuant to §1383; or

3. the applicant is exempt from such requirement pursuant to §1385

B. The license of a podiatrist which has expired for nonrenewal or has been suspended or revoked for failure to satisfy the CME requirement of these rules may be reinstated pursuant to §1363 upon written application to the board, accompanied by payment of the application fee prescribed by §1363, in addition to all other applicable fees and costs, together with documentation and certification that the applicant has, for each year since the date on which the applicant's cense was last issued or renewed, completed an aggregate of 20 hours of board approved CME.

C. The license of a podiatrist which has been suspended or revoked on more than one occasion for failure to satisfy the CME requirement of these rules shall be deemed in violation of R.S. 37:624(15), providing cause for the board to suspend or revoke, refuse to issue, or impose probationary or other restrictions on any license or permit held or applied for by a podiatrist to practice podiatry in the state of Louisiana culpable of such violation.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-1379

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 29:1090 (July 2003).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1270, 37:1270(A)(8), 37:621, 37:624 and 37:628.