052-3 Wyo. Code R. §§ 3-7 - Continuing medical education

(a) To renew, reinstate or reactivate a license to practice medicine in Wyoming a physician shall verify satisfactory completion of not less than sixty (60) hours of continuing medical education (CME) earned in any combination of the following during the previous three (3) years:

(i) AMA-approved Category I or II continuing medical education;

(ii) AOA-approved continuing medical education;

(iii) A current AMA Physician's Recognition Award;

(iv) A current certificate from a specialty board approved by the A.B.M.S. considered by the specialty board to be equivalent to the hours claimed to be attributable to such certificate by the licensee;

(v) Other documented and verifiable self-assessment, quality improvement or other activity that promotes the enhancement of a licensee's medical skills;

(vi) Documented volunteer service rendering clinical care in a nonprofit health care facility in this state to low income uninsured persons while holding an emeritus license in good standing, such CME to be credited at the rate set forth in Chapter 1, Section 5(a)(v)(A)(II) of these rules; and/or

(vii) Documented volunteer service to the board as a medical consultant, such service to be credited as CME at the rate of one (1) hour of continuing medical education credit per two (2) hours of service as a consultant, not to exceed twenty (20) hours' CME credit in a calendar year.

(b) The CME requirement prerequisite to renewal, reactivation or reinstatement of licensure shall not apply to physicians who:

(i) Have held a Wyoming license to practice medicine for less than three years as of the renewal date;

(ii) Have within the past three (3) years been certified or recertified by member board of the A.B.M.S.;

(iii) Have been within the previous three years, or are currently, enrolled in a residency program approved by the A.C.G.M.E. or the R.C.P.S.C.;

(iv) Hold an inactive license to practice medicine in Wyoming as defined in Ch. 1, sec. 5(a)(iv) of these rules and who indicate such status by written notice to the board.

(c) Upon written request specifying the reasons for an exemption, the board may grant an exemption of all or part of the requirements of circumstances beyond the control of the licensee, such as temporary disability, mandatory military service or officially declared disasters.

(d) Upon written request received in the board offices on or before the renewal date and for good cause shown, the board may grant an extension of the deadline requirements for up to one year.

(e) Each year, accompanying the application for renewal of a license to practice medicine or accompanying a petition for reactivation or reinstatement of his/her license, a physician shall sign an affidavit provided by the board requiring the license holder to verify that he/she has met the CME requirements described above or that he/she holds an inactive medical license or is otherwise exempt from these rules.

(f) Licensee shall maintain CME records for no less than four (4) years and such records shall be made available to the board upon request.

(g) Failure to complete CME requirements as described in this rule may cause the physician to be ineligible for annual renewal of his/her license. Failure to produce records reflecting that a physician has completed the required minimum continuing medical education hours upon written request by the board may constitute unprofessional conduct under W.S. 33-26-402(a)(xxviii).

(h) The board shall periodically conduct a random audit of approximately ten (10%) percent of its active licensees to determine compliance with these rules. The practitioners selected for the audit shall provide a signed statement of completion of the required hours and all supporting documentation within forty-five (45) days of the date of the notice of the audit. Failure to comply with the audit may subject the licensee to disciplinary action by the board as set forth above in subsection (g). If found to have not completed the requirement noted above, a licensee shall have not more than six (6) months within which to comply with this rule.

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052-3 Wyo. Code R. §§ 3-7

Amended, Eff. 2/1/2019.