D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
Title 17. BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, AND PROFESSIONALS |
Chapter 17-46. MEDICINE |
Section 17-4607. APPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
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4607.1The Board may, in its discretion, approve continuing education programs and activities that contribute to the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services to patients, the public or the profession and which meet the other requirements of this section.
4607.2To be acceptable for credit, a continuing medical education program or activity shall be limited in content to that body of knowledge and skills generally recognized and accepted by the medical profession as within the basic medical sciences, the discipline of clinical medicine, or the provision of health care to the public.
4607.3The Board may approve continuing education program and activities for Category 1 credit, according to the following conditions:
(a)The programs and activities meet the requirements of §§ 4607.1 and 4607.2; and
(b)The programs and activities are through providers approved by:
(1)The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME);
(2)A state medical society; or
(3)A sponsoring organization or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) that awards the program or activity with an American Medical Association Physicians Recognition Award (AWRA).
4607.4Repealed