Kan. Admin. Regs. § 100-49-8 - Continuing education
(a) Every three
years, each podiatrist shall submit, before or with the application for
renewal, evidence of having completed a minimum of 54 hours of continuing
education during the preceding three-year period.
(b) Any podiatrist who suffered an illness or
injury that made it impossible or extremely difficult to reasonably obtain the
required hours may be granted an extension of not more than six months.
(c) Continuing education shall be
acquired from any of the following:
(1)
Courses offered by sponsors of continuing education in podiatric medicine and
meeting the requirements of CPME 720, "standards, requirements, and guidelines
for approval of sponsors of continuing education in podiatric medicine,"
revised May 1999 by the council on podiatric medical education and hereby
adopted by reference;
(2) courses
and instructional media approved for category I by the American medical
association;
(3) courses and
instructional media approved for category I by the American osteopathic
association; or
(4) other courses
approved by the board.
(d) Each applicant desiring to reinstate a
license that has been canceled for failure to renew and each exempt licensee
desiring to apply for a license to regularly engage in the practice of podiatry
shall submit proof of continuing education to the board as follows:
(1) If the time since the license was
canceled or exempt has been one year or less, no continuing education in
addition to that which would have been necessary had the license been renewed
before cancellation or not exempt shall be required.
(2) If the time since the license was
canceled or exempt has been more than one year, the applicant shall complete a
program of continuing education recommended by the board.
(e) If, since the date the license was
canceled or exempt, the applicant has been in active practice as a podiatrist
in another state or jurisdiction, the applicant shall submit proof of the
current license and proof of compliance with the continuing education
requirements of that jurisdiction.
(f) Each applicant seeking reinstatement of a
revoked license shall successfully complete an individually tailored program
approved by the board.
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