22 Tex. Admin. Code § 183.16 - Biennial Continuing Medical Education (CME) Requirements

(a) As part of registration renewal, a license holder must complete 40 hours of continuing medical education (CME) during the biennial renewal period.

(1) At least 20 hours must be from formal courses:

(A) designated for Category I credit by a CME sponsor approved by the American Academy of Physician Assistants; or

(B) approved by the board for course credit, including a human trafficking prevention course approved by the Executive Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

(2) The remaining hours may be designated for Category II credit, composed of informal self-study, attendance at hospital lectures, grand rounds, case conferences, or by providing volunteer medical services at a site serving a medically underserved population.

(b) Formal CME credit is allowed at the rate of 1 credit for each hour of time acting on behalf of the physician assistant board for evaluation of a physician assistant's competency or practice monitoring, up to a maximum of 6 hours per year, as part of the required formal hours.

(c) Military service members are subject to the same CME requirements but are allowed extensions in accordance with § 55.003 of the Texas Occupations Code, if applicable.

(d) Carry forward of CME credit is allowed as follows:

(1) A maximum of 80 total excess credit hours may be carried forward and shall be reported according to whether the hours are Category I and/or Category II.

(2) Excess CME credit hours may not be carried forward or applied to a report of CME more than two years beyond the date of the biennial registration following the period during which the hours were earned. No hours may be carried forward past a single renewal period.

(e) Exemptions for CME requirements.

(1) Requests must be made in writing at least 30 days prior to expiration of the biennial renewal period for the following reasons:

(A) catastrophic illness;

(B) military service of longer than one year's duration outside the United States;

(C) licensee's residence of longer than one year's duration outside the United States; or

(D) other good cause.

(2) Exemptions are subject to the approval of the Executive Director of the board and may not exceed two years.

Notes

22 Tex. Admin. Code § 183.16

The provisions of this §183.16 adopted to be effective March 6, 2003, 28 TexReg 1883; amended to be effective September 12, 2004, 29 TexReg 8511; amended to be effective May 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 3534; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 50, Number 02, January 10, 2025, TexReg 0380, eff. 1/9/2025