Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 25, June 21, 2024
Section 11-6-3 - [Effective until 7/1/2024] Continuing Education Satisfactory to the Board3.1. Physicians. -- Successful completion of a minimum of fifty hours of continuing medical education satisfactory to the Board during the preceding two-year period is required for the biennial renewal of a medical license. At least thirty hours of the required fifty hours must be related to the physician's area or areas of specialty. Types and categories of continuing medical education satisfactory to the Board for physicians are:
3.1.a Continuing medical education designated as Category I by the AMA or the American Academy of Family Physicians.3.1.b. Teaching medical education courses or lecturing to medical students, residents, or licensed physicians, or serving as a preceptor to medical students or residents. A physician may obtain a maximum of twenty hours of continuing medical education credit for this category of activity.3.1.c. Passing a certification or recertification examination of one of the ABMS member boards, and receiving certification or recertification from said board during the reporting period, or successful involvement in maintenance of certification from said ABMS member board during the reporting period. Certification, recertification, or current successful involvement in maintenance of certification from any board other than one of the ABMS member boards does not qualify the recipient for any credit hours of continuing medical education. A maximum of fifty hours of continuing medical education credit may be awarded for this category of activity, but a physician shall only be awarded forty-seven hours of credit if the physician is a mandatory participant in the continuing education activity described in subsection 3.3 of this rule.3.1.d. Successful completion during the reporting period of a minimum of twelve months of an ACGME approved post-graduate training program or fellowship. A maximum of fifty hours of continuing medical education credit may be awarded for this category of activity, but a physician shall only be awarded forty-seven hours of credit if the physician is a mandatory participant in the continuing education activity described in subsection 3.3 of this rule. There are no other types or categories of continuing medical education satisfactory to the Board for physicians.
3.2. Podiatric physicians. -- Successful completion of a minimum of fifty hours of continuing podiatric education satisfactory to the Board during the preceding two-year period is required for the biennial renewal of a podiatric license. At least thirty hours of the hours must be related to the podiatric physician's area or areas of specialty. Types and categories of continuing podiatric education activity satisfactory to the Board for podiatric physicians are: 3.2.a. Continuing podiatric education: 3.2.a.1. Approved by the APMA or Council on Podiatric Medical Education;3.2.a.2. Presented or sponsored by any of the podiatry colleges in the United States;3.2.a.3. Designated as Category I by the AMA or the American Academy of Family Physicians; or3.2.a.4. Presented or sponsored by the West Virginia Podiatric Medical Association.3.2.b. Teaching podiatric education courses or lecturing to medical students, podiatric students, residents, or licensed physicians or podiatric physicians on podiatric medicine, or serving as a preceptor to podiatric students or residents. Provided, that a podiatric physician may obtain a maximum of twenty hours of continuing podiatric education credit for this category of activity.3.2.c. Passing a certification or recertification examination of the American Board of Podiatric Medicine or the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery, and receiving certification or recertification from said board during the reporting period. A maximum of fifty hours of continuing medical education credit may be awarded for this category of activity, but a physician shall only be awarded forty-seven hours of credit if the physician is a mandatory participant in the continuing education activity described in subsection 3.3 of this rule.3.2.d. Successful completion during the reporting period of a minimum of twelve months of graduate clinical training in a program approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education or the Colleges of Podiatric Medicine. A maximum of fifty hours of continuing podiatric education credit may be awarded for this category of activity, but a podiatric physician shall only be awarded forty-seven hours of credit if the licensee is a mandatory participant in the continuing education activity described in subsection 3.3 of this rule. There are no other types or categories of continuing podiatric education activity satisfactory to the Board.
3.3. Mandatory Continuing Education Activity for Physicians and Podiatric Physicians. -- As a prerequisite to license renewal, a licensee who has prescribed, administered, or dispensed any controlled substance pursuant to a West Virginia license during the reporting period shall complete a Board-approved continuing education activity for a minimum of three hours of drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training. 3.3.a. The Board-approved drug diversion training and best practice prescribing of controlled substances training shall satisfy three of the fifty required hours of continuing education for the reporting period.3.3.b. A renewal applicant who has not prescribed, administered, or dispensed any controlled substances pursuant to a West Virginia license during the reporting period may seek a waiver of this continuing education requirement by completing the required attestation and waiver request on the renewal application.3.4. Other than as specifically set forth herein, in calculating continuing education activities, one hour equals sixty minutes of activity or instruction.