Section 50-04-01-04 - [Effective until 4/1/2024] Compliance1. All physicians will periodically be required to answer questions on the board's annual license renewal forms to establish compliance, or eligibility for an exception, pursuant to this chapter. Physicians are not required to provide additional documentation of compliance with continuing education requirements unless specifically requested to do so by the board. Any physician who is required to report CME credits after having been licensed to practice medicine in North Dakota for more than one year but less than two full years will be required to demonstrate completion of twenty hours of board-approved CME credits during that physician's initial CME reporting period.
Any physician who is required to report CME credits after having been licensed to practice medicine in North Dakota for more than two years but less than three full years will be required to demonstrate completion of forty hours of board-approved CME during that physician's initial CME reporting period.
False statements regarding satisfaction of continuing education requirements on the renewal form or on any documents connected with the practice of medicine may subject the licensee to disciplinary action by the board.
2. The board will audit randomly selected physicians to monitor compliance with the continuing medical education requirements. Any physician so audited will be required to furnish documentation of compliance including the name of the accredited CME provider, name of the program, hours of continuing medical education completed, dates of attendance, evidence of credit designation (i.e., category 1 designation, prescribed credit designation, etc.), and verification of attendance. Any physician who fails to provide verification of compliance with the CME requirements will be subject to revocation of licensure.3. In order to facilitate the board's audits, every physician is required to maintain a record of all CME activities in which the physician has participated. Every physician must maintain those records for a period of at least one year following the time when those CME activities were reported to the board.N.D. Admin Code 50-04-01-04
Effective November 1, 1998; amended effective July 1, 2013..Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2022-386, October 2022, effective 10/1/2022.General Authority: NDCC 43-17-27.1
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-17-27.1