California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 16 - Osteopathic Medical Board of California › Article 9 - Continuing Medical Education › Section 1635 - Required Continuing Medical Education (CME)

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Each physician submitting the tax and
				registration fee shall submit satisfactory proof to the Board of ongoing
				compliance with the provisions of this article at the times specified
				herein.
(b) Commencing January 1,
				1989, a physician shall complete 150 hours within a three-year period to
				satisfy the CME requirement; this three-year period is defined as the "CME
				requirement period."
(c) The
				requirement of 150 hours during the three-year CME requirement period shall
				include a minimum of 60 hours of CME in Category 1-A or 1-B defined by the
				American Osteopathic Association (AOA). The balance of the CME requirement of
				90 hours may consist of CME as defined by either the American Osteopathic
				Association (AOA) or the American Medical Association (AMA) and may be
				completed within the entire three-year CME requirement period.
(d) Effective January 1, 1989, the three-year
				CME period shall commence for those licensed on or before January 1, 1989.
				Those licensed subsequent to January 1, 1989 shall commence their three-year
				CME requirement period on a prorata basis commencing the first full calendar
				year subsequent to initial licensure. Subsequent three-year periods shall not
				include CME earned during a preceding three-year requirement period.
(e) Category 1-A, or other CME is defined by
				the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), set forth in the American
				Osteopathic Association's "Continuing Medical Education Guide," and is hereby
				incorporated by reference and can be obtained from the AOA at 142 E. Ontario
				Street, Chicago, IL 60611; it is published once every three years by the AOA
				most recently in 1992. Category 1 defined by the American Medical Association
				is set forth in "Physicians Recognition Award Information Booklet," and is
				hereby incorporated by reference and can be obtained from the American Medical
				Association, 515 North State Street, Chicago, IL 60610; it is published on an
				occasional basis by the AMA, most recently in January, 1986.
1. Repealer of
				  chapter 16 (sections
				  1600-1697, not consecutive) and
				  new chapter 16 (sections
				  1600-1697, not consecutive and
				  Appendix) filed 12-10-87; operative 1-9-88 (Register 87, No. 52). For prior
				  history, see Registers 81, No. 50; 81, No. 36; 81, No. 9; 80, No. 40; 78, No.
				  15; 77, No. 21; and 63, No. 25.
2. Amendment of subsections (b),
				  (c), (d) and (e) filed 9-28-90; operative 10-28-90 (Register 90, No.
				  45).
3. Amendment of subsections (c) and (e) filed 3-23-94;
				  operative 4-22-94 (Register 94, No. 12).
4. Amendment of subsections
				  (a), (e) and NOTE filed 1-26-95; operative 1-26-95 pursuant to Government Code
				  section
				  11343.4(d)
				  (Register 95, No. 4).
Note: Authority cited: Osteopathic Act (Initiative Measure,
					 Stats. 1923, p. xciii), Section
					 1; and Sections
					 2454.5
					 and
					 3600-
					 1,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 2454.5,
					 Business and Professions Code.