Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 4 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION › Chapter 130 - PODIATRIC MEDICINE PROGRAM › Subchapter D - DOCTOR OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE › Section 130.44 - Continuing Medical Education - General Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Each person licensed to practice
				  podiatric medicine in the State of Texas is required to have 50 hours of
				  continuing medical education (CME) every two years for the renewal of the
				  license to practice podiatric medicine. One hour of training is equal to one
				  hour of CME.
(b) Two hours of the
				  required 50 hours of department approved CME shall be a course, class, seminar,
				  or workshop in: Ethics in the Delivery of Health Care Services and/or Rules and
				  Regulations pertaining to Podiatric Medicine in Texas. Topics on Human
				  Trafficking Prevention, Healthcare Fraud, Professional Boundaries, Practice
				  Risk Management or Podiatric Medicine related Ethics or Jurisprudence courses,
				  Abuse and Misuse of Controlled Substances, Opioid Prescription Practices,
				  and/or Pharmacology, including those sponsored by an entity approved by CPME,
				  APMA, APMA affiliated organizations, AMA, AMA affiliated organizations, or
				  governmental entities, or the entities described in subsections (e) and (f) are
				  acceptable.
(c) Each person
				  initially licensed to practice podiatric medicine in the State of Texas is
				  required to complete two hours of continuing medical education related to
				  approved procedures of prescribing and monitoring controlled substances prior
				  to the first anniversary of date the license was originally issued.
(d) For each person licensed to practice
				  podiatric medicine in the State of Texas whose practice includes prescription
				  or dispensation of opioids shall annually attend at least one hour of
				  continuing medical education covering best practices, alternative treatment
				  options, and multi-modal approaches to pain management that may include
				  physical therapy, psychotherapy, and other treatments.
(e) A licensee shall receive credit for each
				  hour of podiatric medical meetings and training sponsored by APMA, APMA
				  affiliated organizations, TPMA, state, county or regional podiatric medical
				  association podiatric medical meetings, university sponsored podiatric medical
				  meetings, hospital podiatric medical meetings or hospital podiatric medical
				  grand rounds, medical meetings sponsored by the Foot & Ankle Society or the
				  orthopedic community relating to foot care, and others at the discretion of the
				  Board. A practitioner may receive credit for giving a lecture, equal to the
				  credit that a podiatrist attending the lecture obtains.
(f) A licensee shall receive credit for each
				  hour of training for non-podiatric medical sponsored meetings that are relative
				  to podiatric medicine and department approved. The department may assign credit
				  for hospital grand rounds, hospital CME programs, corporate sponsored meetings,
				  and meetings sponsored by the American Medical Association, the orthopedic
				  community, the American Diabetes Association, the Nursing Association, the
				  Physical Therapy Association, and others if approved.
(g) It shall be the responsibility of the
				  licensee to ensure that all CME hours being claimed meet the standards for CME
				  as set by the commission. Practice management, home study and self-study
				  programs will be accepted for CME credit hours only if the provider is approved
				  by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education. The licensee may obtain up to,
				  but not exceed twenty (20) hours of the aforementioned hours per
				  biennium.
(h) Cardiopulmonary
				  Resuscitation (CPR) certification is eligible for up to three (3) hours of CME
				  credit and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification for up to six (6)
				  hours of CME credit. Practitioners may only receive credit for one, not both.
				  No on-line CPR certification will be accepted for CME credit.
(i) If a practitioner has an article
				  published in a peer review journal, the practitioner may receive one (1) hour
				  of CME credit for the article, with credit for the article being provided only
				  once, regardless of the number of times or the number of journals in which the
				  article is published.
(j) With the
				  exception of the allowed hours carried forward, the required 50 hours of
				  continuing medical education must be obtained in a 24-month period immediately
				  preceding the date in which the license is to be renewed. The 24-month period
				  will begin on the first full day of the month after the practitioner's date of
				  renewal and end two years later. A licensee who completes more than the
				  required 50 hours during the preceding CME period may carry forward a maximum
				  of ten (10) hours for the next renewal CME period.
(k) The department shall employ an audit
				  system for continuing education reporting. The license holder shall be
				  responsible for maintaining a record of his or her continuing education
				  experiences. The certificates or other documentation verifying earning of
				  continuing education hours are not to be forwarded to the department at the
				  time of renewal unless the license holder has been selected for
				  audit.
(l) The audit process shall
				  be as follows:
(1) The department shall select
				  for audit a random sample of license holders to ensure compliance with CME
				  hours.
(2) If selected for an
				  audit, the license holder shall submit copies of certificates, transcripts or
				  other documentation satisfactory to the department, verifying the license
				  holder's attendance, participation and completion of the continuing
				  education.
(3) Failure to timely
				  furnish this information within thirty (30) calendar days or providing false
				  information during the audit process or the renewal process are grounds for
				  disciplinary action against the license holder.
(4) If selected for continuing education
				  audit during the renewal period, the license holder may renew and pay renewal
				  fees.