Code of Maine Rules › 02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION › 383 - BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC LICENSURE › Chapter 14 - CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION › Section 383-14-2 - CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Biennial Reports
				to the Board. As part of the renewal application, each physician licensed by
				the Board of Osteopathic Licensure pursuant to Title 32, chapter 36, must
				append satisfactory evidence or complete a form prescribed by the board
				certifying that the physician has obtained 100 hours of continuing medical
				education during the two years preceding the renewal of the physician's
				license. At least 40 of the 100 hours of continuing medical education obtained
				must be osteopathic medical education, as defined by the Board in Section
				1, sub-section 6.
2. Failure to provide evidence. If the
				physician fails to report to the Board by January 1 of each even numbered year
				that the physician has obtained the number of hours of continuing medical
				education and osteopathic medical education required the Board will send notice
				of this deficiency to the physician by first class mail after January 1st of
				that year.
3. Lapse of license. The
				physicians license will lapse on the 31st day following the receipt of the
				notice letter from the Board, referred to in sub-section
				2 unless the physician provides the
				Board with satisfactory evidence that he has obtained the required CME
				described in Section
				2, sub-sections
				1 or the physician has filed a petition
				in accordance with Section
				2, sub-section 5, within 30 days of
				receipt of the notice letter.
A physician whose license has lapsed in accordance with this
				  sub-section, is not authorized to practice osteopathic medicine in Maine
				  beginning on the 31st day after receipt of the notice letter described in the
				  previous sub-section, until the Board reinstates the physician's
				  license.
4. Reinstatement
				of license. Provided all other requirements for renewal have been met, the
				physicians license may be reinstated by the Board upon submission of
				satisfactory evidence that the physician has completed the number of continuing
				medical education hours required by these rules. Depending on the period of
				time before reinstatement is requested, the Board may require that the
				physician file a new application for renewal and pay a new renewal
				fee.
5. Illness, hardship or
				military service. If the physician has been unable to obtain the number of
				hours of continuing medical education required for renewal due to illness,
				hardship or military service, or other good cause, the physician may petition
				the Board in writing to either waive the requirement or to enter into a consent
				agreement which will allow the physician additional time to obtain the required
				CME hours.
A. The petition must be supported
				by appropriate documentation to demonstrate the reason for the CME deficiency
				and, if an extension is requested, must be accompanied by a proposal for when
				and how the physician proposes to make up the deficiency.
B. The Board will review the petition and
				notify the physician of its decision to grant or deny the petition or it may
				offer the physician the opportunity to attend an informal conference prior to
				acting upon the petition.
C. If the
				physician is aggrieved by the Board's decision regarding the petition, the
				physician may request, within 30 days of receipt of the Board's decision
				regarding the petition, that the Board hold an adjudicatory hearing regarding
				the physician's petition, in accordance with the Maine Administrative Procedure
				Act.
D. If the physician fails to
				appeal the notice of denial or, if the Board denies the petition after hearing,
				the physician's license will lapse and must be reinstated in accordance with
				subsection 4.