West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 11 - Medicine › Title 11 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA BOARD OF MEDICINE › Series 11-06 - Continuing Education for Physicians and Podiatric Physicians › Section 11-6-6 - Recordkeeping, Audits and Written Documentation of Successful Completion of Continuing Education Requirements

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
6.1. Records. -- A licensee shall maintain
				accurate records of all continuing education he or she has completed.
				Continuing education records shall be maintained for a period of six
				years.
6.2. Audits. -- The Board
				may conduct such audits and investigations as it considers necessary to assure
				compliance with continuing education requirements and to verify the accuracy of
				a renewal applicant's certification of continuing education.
6.3. Production of Written Documentation. --
				Upon written request of the Board to a licensee's preferred mailing address or
				e-mail address of record with the Board, a licensee shall, within 30 days,
				submit written documentation satisfactory to the Board corroborating the
				licensee's renewal application certification of continuing education
				compliance.
6.4. Failure or Refusal
				to Provide Written Documentation. -- Failure or refusal of a licensee to
				provide written documentation requested by the Board as set forth in subsection
				6.3. of this rule is prima facie evidence of renewing a license to practice
				medicine or podiatry by fraudulent misrepresentation and the licensee is
				subject to disciplinary proceedings under W. Va. Code §
									30-3-14.
6.5. Inactive License. -- A licensee who
				holds an inactive license and who makes a written request to the Board for an
				active license shall submit written documentation of successful completion of a
				minimum of 50 hours of continuing education as required in section 4 of this
				rule. The Board shall not consider a change of status request from an inactive
				to an active license until all written documentation accompanied by a
				certification in accordance with section 5 of this rule is submitted to and
				approved by the Board.
6.6.
				Reinstatement Applicants. -- As a part of a reinstatement application, an
				eligible applicant shall certify his or her completion of all required
				continuing education for the previous reporting period, and shall submit
				written documentation satisfactory to the Board corroborating applicant's
				certification of continuing education compliance.
6.7. Reactivation applicants. -- An eligible
				applicant seeking reactivation of licensure shall submit a reactivation
				application packet, which includes an initial licensure application accompanied
				by any corroborating documentation or verifications required by the Board for
				reactivation applicants, the reactivation application fee, and one of the
				following:
6.7.1. Certification and written
				documentation of successful completion of continuing education for the
				reporting period associated with the applicant's last period of licensure with
				the Board;
6.7.2. Certification and
				written documentation of successful completion of 50 hours of continuing
				education satisfactory to the Board within two-year period preceding the
				application submission date; or
6.7.3. An attestation by the applicant that
				he or she holds an active status license in another state which requires the
				periodic completion of a minimum number of continuing education hours as a
				condition of continued licensure, and that the applicant is currently compliant
				with all such continuing education requirements.