Section 383-14-2 - CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION1. Biennial Reports to the Board. As part of the renewal application, each physician licensed by the Board of Osteopathic Licensure pursuant to Title 32, chapter 36, must append satisfactory evidence or complete a form prescribed by the board certifying that the physician has obtained 100 hours of continuing medical education during the two years preceding the renewal of the physician's license. At least 40 of the 100 hours of continuing medical education obtained must be osteopathic medical education, as defined by the Board in Section 1, sub-section 6. 2. Failure to provide evidence. If the physician fails to report to the Board by January 1 of each even numbered year that the physician has obtained the number of hours of continuing medical education and osteopathic medical education required the Board will send notice of this deficiency to the physician by first class mail after January 1st of that year.3. Lapse of license. The physicians license will lapse on the 31st day following the receipt of the notice letter from the Board, referred to in sub-section 2 unless the physician provides the Board with satisfactory evidence that he has obtained the required CME described in Section 2, sub-sections 1 or the physician has filed a petition in accordance with Section 2, sub-section 5, within 30 days of receipt of the notice letter. A physician whose license has lapsed in accordance with this sub-section, is not authorized to practice osteopathic medicine in Maine beginning on the 31st day after receipt of the notice letter described in the previous sub-section, until the Board reinstates the physician's license.
4. Reinstatement of license. Provided all other requirements for renewal have been met, the physicians license may be reinstated by the Board upon submission of satisfactory evidence that the physician has completed the number of continuing medical education hours required by these rules. Depending on the period of time before reinstatement is requested, the Board may require that the physician file a new application for renewal and pay a new renewal fee.5. Illness, hardship or military service. If the physician has been unable to obtain the number of hours of continuing medical education required for renewal due to illness, hardship or military service, or other good cause, the physician may petition the Board in writing to either waive the requirement or to enter into a consent agreement which will allow the physician additional time to obtain the required CME hours.A. The petition must be supported by appropriate documentation to demonstrate the reason for the CME deficiency and, if an extension is requested, must be accompanied by a proposal for when and how the physician proposes to make up the deficiency.B. The Board will review the petition and notify the physician of its decision to grant or deny the petition or it may offer the physician the opportunity to attend an informal conference prior to acting upon the petition.C. If the physician is aggrieved by the Board's decision regarding the petition, the physician may request, within 30 days of receipt of the Board's decision regarding the petition, that the Board hold an adjudicatory hearing regarding the physician's petition, in accordance with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act.D. If the physician fails to appeal the notice of denial or, if the Board denies the petition after hearing, the physician's license will lapse and must be reinstated in accordance with subsection 4. 02-383 C.M.R. ch. 14, § 2