"ABMS" means the American Board of Medical
Specialties, which is an umbrella organization for at least 24 medical
specialty boards in the United States that assists the specialty boards in
developing and implementing educational and professional standards to evaluate
and certify physician specialists in the United States. 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,
a professional organization of physicians and surgeons.
"AOA" means the American Osteopathic
Association, which is the representative organization for osteopathic
physicians (D.O.s) in the United States. The board approves osteopathic medical
education programs with AOA accreditation; the board approves AOA-accredited
resident training programs in osteopathic medicine and surgery at hospitals for
graduates of accredited osteopathic medical schools. The board recognizes
specialty board certification by AOA. The board recognizes continuing medical
education accredited by the Council on Continuing Medical Education of
AOA.
"Approved abuse education training program"
means a training program using a curriculum approved by the abuse education
review panel of the department of public health or a training program offered
by a hospital, a professional organization for physicians, or the department of
human services, 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 Iowa 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 which is sponsored or jointly sponsored by an organization accredited
for continuing medical education by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education, the Iowa Medical Society, or the Council on Continuing
Medical Education of the AOA that is of sufficient scope and depth of coverage
of a subject area or theme to form an educational unit and is planned,
administered and evaluated in terms of educational objectives that define a
level of knowledge or a specific performance skill to be attained by the
physician completing the program. 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. The National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners prepares the
examination and determines its passing score. A licensing authority in any
jurisdiction administers the examination. COMVEX-USA is the current evaluative
instrument offered to osteopathic physicians who need to demonstrate current
osteopathic medical knowledge.
"Continuing education" means education that is
acquired by a licensee in order to maintain, improve, or expand skills and
knowledge present at initial licensure or to develop new and 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. Inactive license may include licenses formerly
known as delinquent, lapsed, or retired. A physician whose license is inactive
continues to hold the privilege of licensure in Iowa but may not practice
medicine under an Iowa license until the license is reinstated.
"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. For example, one who renews a license on line will pay the
license renewal fee and a service charge.
"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 chronic pain management" means
required training on chronic pain management identified in 653-Chapter
11.
"Training for end-oflife care" means required
training on end-of-life care identified in 653-Chapter 11.
"Training for identifying and reporting abuse"
means training on identifying and reporting child abuse or dependent adult
abuse required of physicians who regularly provide primary health care to
children or adults, respectively. The full requirements on reporting of child
abuse and the training requirements are in Iowa Code section
232.69;
the full requirements on reporting of dependent adult abuse and the training
requirements are in Iowa Code section
235B.16.
