PERMANENT RULES
(Podiatric Medical Board)
Date of Adoption: September 10, 1999.
Purpose: Revise the continuing education reporting period from one year to two years.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-922-300 Podiatric continuing education and 246-922-310 Categories of creditable podiatric continuing education activities.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.22.015.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 99-15-104 on July 27 [21], 1999.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
September 10, 1999
William Ith, Chair
Podiatric Medical Board
OTS-2416.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 98-05-060, filed 2/13/98,
effective 3/16/98)
WAC 246-922-300
Podiatric continuing education required.
The podiatric medical board encourages licensees to deliver high-quality patient care. The board recognizes that continuing education programs designed to inform practitioners of recent developments within podiatric medicine and relative fields and review of various aspects of basic professional education and podiatric practice are beneficial to professional growth. The board encourages participation in podiatric continuing education as a mechanism to maintain and enhance competence.
(1) ((Twenty-five)) Fifty contact hours of scientific
podiatric continuing education ((shall be)) is required
((annually)) every two years when the license is renewed to
maintain a current license as provided in chapter 246-12 WAC,
Part 7.
Five credit hours may be granted for one hour of course
instruction. A maximum of ((five)) ten hours may be claimed per
((renewal)) reporting period.
(2) Approved courses shall be scientific in nature designed to provide information and enhancement of current knowledge of the mechanisms of disease and treatment, which may include applicable clinical information.
(a) Serving as a resident in an approved post-graduate
residency training program shall satisfy the continuing education
credit for ((licensure renewal)) the reporting period.
(b) Continuing education activities which do not affect the delivery of patient care, (e.g., marketing and billing), may not be claimed for continuing education credit.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.280. 98-05-060, § 246-922-300, filed 2/13/98, effective 3/16/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.22.015. 94-05-051, § 246-922-300, filed 2/10/94, effective 3/13/94; 91-10-041 (Order 158B), § 246-922-300, filed 4/25/91, effective 5/26/91.]
The following categories of
creditable podiatric continuing education activities sponsored by
the following organizations are approved by the board. The
credits must be earned in the ((twelve-)) twenty-four month
period preceding ((application for renewal of licensure)) the
licensee's reporting period. One contact hour is defined as a
typical fifty-minute classroom instructional session or its
equivalent.
(1) Scientific courses or seminars approved by the American Podiatric Medical Association and its component societies and affiliated and related organizations.
(2) Scientific courses or seminars offered by accredited, licensed, or otherwise approved hospitals, colleges, and universities and their associated foundations and institutes offering continuing education programs in podiatric medicine.
(3) Scientific courses or seminars offered by recognized nonpodiatric medical and health-care related societies (e.g., the American Medical Association, the American Physical Therapy Association) offering continuing education programs related to podiatric medicine.
(4) Scientific courses or seminars offered by other nonprofit organizations, other proprietary organizations, and individuals offering continuing education in podiatric medicine.
(5) A post-graduate residency training program accredited by the council on podiatric medical education.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.22.015. 94-05-051, § 246-922-310, filed 2/10/94, effective 3/13/94; 91-10-041 (Order 158B), § 246-922-310, filed 4/25/91, effective 5/26/91.]