Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 060 - STATE MEDICAL BOARD › Rule 060.00.11-004 - Regulation 17 - Governing Continuing Medical Education

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
A. Pursuant to Ark. Code Ann.
		  17-80-104,
		  each person holding an active license to practice medicine in the State of
		  Arkansas shall complete twenty (20) credit hours per year of continuing medical
		  education. Fifty (50%) percent of said hours shall be in subjects pertaining to
		  the physician's primary area of practice, and designated as Category I as
		  defined in Paragraph B.4 below. One hour of credit will be allowed for each
		  clock hour of participation and approved continuing education activities,
		  unless otherwise designated in Subsection B below.
B. Approved continuing medical education
		  activities include the following:
1.
		  Internship, residency or fellowship in a teaching institution approved by the
		  Accreditation Counsel for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or programs
		  approved by the American Osteopathic Association Council on Postdoctoral
		  Training or the American Medical Association or the Association of American
		  Medical Colleges or the American Osteopathic Association. One credit hour may
		  be claimed for each full day of training. No other credit may be claimed during
		  the time a physician is in full-time training in an accredited program. Less
		  than full-time study may be claimed on a pro-rata basis.
2. Education for an advanced degree in a
		  medical or medically related field in a teaching institution approved by the
		  American Medical Association or the Association of American Medical Colleges or
		  the American Osteopathic Association. One credit hour may be claimed for each
		  full day of study. Less than full-time study may be claimed on a pro-rata
		  basis.
3. Full-time research in a
		  teaching institution approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education
		  (LCME) or the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Professional Education
		  or the American Medical Association or the Association of American Medical
		  Colleges or the American Osteopathic Association. One credit hour may be
		  claimed for each full day of research. Less than full-time study may be claimed
		  on a pro-rata basis.
4. Activities
		  designated as Category 1 by an organization accredited by the Accreditation
		  Council on Continuing Medical Education or a state medical society or be
		  explicitly approved for Category 1 by American Medical Association, or the
		  Arkansas State Medical Board, or by the Council on Continuing Medical Education
		  of the American Osteopathic Association. Activities designated as prescribed
		  hours by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
5. Medical education programs may also be
		  claimed for credit if said medical education programs have not been designated
		  for specific categories referred to in Number 4 above, and are designed to
		  provide necessary understanding of current developments, skills, procedures or
		  treatment related to the practice of medicine.
6. Serving as an instructor of medical
		  students, house staff, other physicians or allied health professionals from a
		  hospital or institution with a formal training program, where the instruction
		  activities are such as will provide the licentiate with necessary understanding
		  of current developments, skills, procedures or treatment related to the
		  practice of medicine.
7.
		  Publication or presentation of a medical paper, report, book, that is authored
		  and published, and deals with current developments, skills, procedures or
		  treatment related to the practice of medicine. Credits may be claimed only once
		  for materials, presented. Credits may be claimed as of the date of the
		  publication or presentation. One credit hour may be reported per hour of
		  preparation, writing and/or presentation.
8. Credit hours may be earned for any of the
		  following activities which provide necessary understanding of current
		  developments, skills, procedures or treatment related to the practice of
		  medicine;
(a) completion of a medical
		  education program based on self-instruction which utilized videotapes,
		  audiotapes, films, filmstrips, slides, radio broadcasts and
		  computers;
(b) independent reading
		  of scientific journals and books;
(c) preparation fth speciality Board
		  certification or recertification examinations;
(d) participation on a staff committee or
		  quality of care and/or utilization review in a hospital or institution or
		  government agency.