Iowa Admin. Code r. 653-11.1 - Definitions
"ABMS" means the American Board of Medical Specialties. The board recognizes specialty board certification by ABMS.
"Accredited provider" means an organization approved as a provider of category 1 credit by one of the following board-approved accrediting bodies: Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, Iowa Medical Society, or the Council on Continuing Medical Education of the AOA.
"Active duty" means full-time training or active service in the U.S. armed forces, reserves or national guard.
"Active licensee" means any person licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in Iowa who has met all conditions of licensure and maintains a current license to practice in Iowa.
"AMA" means the American Medical Association.
"AOA" means the American Osteopathic Association.
"Approved abuse education training program" means a training program using a curriculum approved by the abuse education review panel of the department of health and human services or a training program offered by a hospital, a professional organization for physicians, the department of education, an area education agency, a school district, the Iowa law enforcement academy, an Iowa college or university, or a similar state agency.
"Approved program or credit" means any category 1 credit offered by an accredited provider or any other program or credit meeting the standards set forth in these rules.
"Board" means the board of medicine.
"Carryover" means hours of category 1 credit earned in excess of the required hours in a license period that may be applied to the continuing education requirement in the subsequent license period; carryover may not exceed 20 hours of category 1 credit per renewal cycle.
"Category 1 credit" means any formal education program that is sponsored by an accredited provider. Credits designated as formal cognates by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists or as prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians are accepted as equivalent to category 1 credits.
"Committee" means the licensure committee of the board.
"COMVEX-USA" means the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Variable-Purpose Examination for the United States of America.
"Continuing education" means education that is acquired by a licensee in order to maintain or enhance skills and knowledge present at initial licensure or to develop relevant skills and knowledge.
"Hour of continuing education" means a clock hour spent by a licensee in actual attendance at or completion of an approved category 1 credit.
"Inactive license" means any license that is not a current, active license.
"Licensee" means any person licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in the state of Iowa.
"Opioid" means any FDA-approved product or active pharmaceutical ingredient classified as a controlled substance that produces an agonist effect on opioid receptors and is indicated or used for the treatment of pain.
"Service charge" means the amount charged for making a service available on line and is in addition to the actual fee for a service itself.
"SPEX" means Special Licensure Examination prepared by the Federation of State Medical Boards and administered by a licensing authority in any jurisdiction. The passing score on SPEX is 75.
"Training for identifying and reporting abuse" means training as described in Iowa Code section 232.69; the full requirements for reporting of dependent adult abuse and the training requirements are in Iowa Code section 235B.16.
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