Tex. Occ. Code § 156.051 · Subchapter B. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
REPORTING PROGRAM; RULES; EXEMPTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board by rule shall adopt, monitor, and enforce a reporting program for the continuing medical education of license holders. The board shall adopt and administer rules that:
(1) establish the number of hours of continuing medical education the board determines appropriate as a prerequisite to the registration of a license under this subtitle;
(2) require at least one-half of the hours of continuing medical education established under Subdivision (1) to be board approved; and
(3) adopt a process to assess a license holder's participation in continuing medical education courses.
(b) In approving continuing medical education hours under Subsection (a)(2), the board shall consider the standards of:
(1) the American Medical Association adopted by that association for its Physician's Recognition Award; or
(2) the American Osteopathic Association.
(c) The board shall permit the hours that are not subject to board approval under Subsection (a)(2) to consist of self-study or equivalent self-directed continuing medical education according to guidelines determined by the board.
(d) This section does not apply to a license holder who is exempt by rule from paying the registration fee under Section 156.002(a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 202, Sec. 20, eff. June 10, 2003.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.156.htm
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- Tex. Occ. Code § 156.055CONTINUING EDUCATION IN PAIN MANAGEMENT AND PRESCRIPTION OF OPIOIDS.Printed as Section 156.051(a)(2)
- Tex. Occ. Code § 156.057CONTINUING EDUCATION IN FORENSIC EVIDENCE COLLECTION.Printed as Section 156.051(a)(2)
- Tex. Occ. Code § 156.059CONTINUING EDUCATION IN TICK-BORNE DISEASES.Printed as Section 156.051(a)(2)
- Tex. Occ. Code § 156.060CONTINUING EDUCATION REGARDING THE IDENTIFICATION AND ASSISTANCE OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS.Printed as Section 156.051(a)(2)
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