PDFWAC 246-922-300

Podiatric continuing medical education required.

(1) The board requires a podiatric physician and surgeon to participate in podiatric continuing medical education as a mechanism to maintain and enhance competence and stay informed of recent developments within podiatric medicine and related fields. A resident in an approved postgraduate residency training program is not required to participate in podiatric continuing medical education.
(2) A podiatric physician and surgeon must complete 100 hours of continuing medical education every two years and comply with WAC 246-12-170 through 246-12-240 and WAC 246-922-310.
(3) To satisfy the continuing medical education requirements identified in subsection (2) of this section, a podiatric physician and surgeon may:
(a) Certify or recertify within the previous four years with a specialty board recognized by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME); or
(b) Meet the requirements for participation in a maintenance of certification program for a specialty board recognized by the CPME.
(4) If a podiatric physician and surgeon uses subsection (3) of this section to comply with podiatric continuing medical education requirements, the podiatric physician and surgeon must assure that they have taken a minimum of two hours of health equity continuing medical education training every four years pursuant to WAC 246-922-310(4).
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.613, 18.57.005, 18.130.050, and 2021 c 276. WSR 24-01-124, § 246-922-300, filed 12/19/23, effective 1/19/24. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.22.015. WSR 22-20-092, § 246-922-300, filed 10/4/22, effective 11/4/22. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.22.005, 18.22.015, and 18.130.050. WSR 16-01-106, § 246-922-300, filed 12/16/15, effective 10/1/17. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.22.015. WSR 99-20-096, § 246-922-300, filed 10/5/99, effective 11/5/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.280. WSR 98-05-060, § 246-922-300, filed 2/13/98, effective 3/16/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.22.015. WSR 94-05-051, § 246-922-300, filed 2/10/94, effective 3/13/94; WSR 91-10-041 (Order 158B), § 246-922-300, filed 4/25/91, effective 5/26/91.]