Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 653 - Medicine Board › Chapter 11 - Continuing Education and Training Requirements › Rule 653-11.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"ABMS"
means the American Board of Medical
				Specialties, which is an umbrella organization for at least 24 medical
				specialty boards in the United States that assists the specialty boards in
				developing and implementing educational and professional standards to evaluate
				and certify physician specialists in the United States. The board recognizes
				specialty board certification by ABMS.
"Accredited provider"
means an organization
				approved as a provider of category 1 credit by one of the following
				board-approved accrediting bodies: Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
				Education, Iowa Medical Society, or the Council on Continuing Medical Education
				of the AOA.
"Active duty"
means full-time training or
				active service in the U.S. armed forces, reserves or national guard.
"Active licensee"
means any person licensed to
				practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in Iowa who
				has met all conditions of licensure and maintains a current license to practice
				in Iowa.
"AMA"
means the American Medical Association,
				a professional organization of physicians and surgeons.
"AOA"
means the American Osteopathic
				Association, which is the representative organization for osteopathic
				physicians (D.O.s) in the United States. The board approves osteopathic medical
				education programs with AOA accreditation; the board approves AOA-accredited
				resident training programs in osteopathic medicine and surgery at hospitals for
				graduates of accredited osteopathic medical schools. The board recognizes
				specialty board certification by AOA. The board recognizes continuing medical
				education accredited by the Council on Continuing Medical Education of
				AOA.
"Approved abuse education training program"
means a training program using a curriculum approved by the abuse education
				review panel of the department of public health or a training program offered
				by a hospital, a professional organization for physicians, or the department of
				human services, the department of education, an area education agency, a school
				district, the Iowa law enforcement academy, an Iowa college or university, or a
				similar state agency.
"Approved program or credit"
means any
				category 1 credit offered by an accredited provider or any other program or
				credit meeting the standards set forth in these rules.
"Board"
means the Iowa board of
				medicine.
"Carryover"
means hours of category 1 credit
				earned in excess of the required hours in a license period that may be applied
				to the continuing education requirement in the subsequent license period;
				carryover may not exceed 20 hours of category 1 credit per renewal
				cycle.
"Category 1 credit"
means any formal education
				program which is sponsored or jointly sponsored by an organization accredited
				for continuing medical education by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
				Medical Education, the Iowa Medical Society, or the Council on Continuing
				Medical Education of the AOA that is of sufficient scope and depth of coverage
				of a subject area or theme to form an educational unit and is planned,
				administered and evaluated in terms of educational objectives that define a
				level of knowledge or a specific performance skill to be attained by the
				physician completing the program. Credits designated as formal cognates by the
				American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists or as prescribed credits by
				the American Academy of Family Physicians are accepted as equivalent to
				category 1 credits.
"Committee"
means the licensure committee of
				the board.
"COMVEX-USA"
means the Comprehensive
				Osteopathic Medical Variable-Purpose Examination for the United States of
				America. The National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners prepares the
				examination and determines its passing score. A licensing authority in any
				jurisdiction administers the examination. COMVEX-USA is the current evaluative
				instrument offered to osteopathic physicians who need to demonstrate current
				osteopathic medical knowledge.
"Continuing education"
means education that is
				acquired by a licensee in order to maintain, improve, or expand skills and
				knowledge present at initial licensure or to develop new and relevant skills
				and knowledge.
"Hour of continuing education"
means a clock
				hour spent by a licensee in actual attendance at or completion of an approved
				category 1 credit.
"Inactive license"
means any license that is
				not a current, active license. Inactive license may include licenses formerly
				known as delinquent, lapsed, or retired. A physician whose license is inactive
				continues to hold the privilege of licensure in Iowa but may not practice
				medicine under an Iowa license until the license is reinstated.
"Licensee"
means any person licensed to
				practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in the state
				of Iowa.
"Opioid"
means any FDA-approved product or
				active pharmaceutical ingredient classified as a controlled substance that
				produces an agonist effect on opioid receptors and is indicated or used for the
				treatment of pain.
"Service charge"
means the amount charged for
				making a service available on line and is in addition to the actual fee for a
				service itself. For example, one who renews a license on line will pay the
				license renewal fee and a service charge.
"SPEX"
means Special Licensure Examination
				prepared by the Federation of State Medical Boards and administered by a
				licensing authority in any jurisdiction. The passing score on SPEX is
				75.
"Training for chronic pain management"
means
				required training on chronic pain management identified in 653-Chapter
				11.
"Training for end-oflife care"
means required
				training on end-of-life care identified in 653-Chapter 11.
"Training for identifying and reporting abuse"
means training on identifying and reporting child abuse or dependent adult
				abuse required of physicians who regularly provide primary health care to
				children or adults, respectively. The full requirements on reporting of child
				abuse and the training requirements are in Iowa Code section
				232.69;
				the full requirements on reporting of dependent adult abuse and the training
				requirements are in Iowa Code section
				235B.16.