TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
LICENSING
CHAPTER 21 PODIATRISTS
PART 8 CONTINUING EDUCATION
16.21.8.1 ISSUING
AGENCY: Regulation and Licensing Department, Board of Podiatry.
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16.21.8.2 SCOPE:
Individuals with a license to practice podiatry in the state of New
Mexico.
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16.21.8.3 STATUTORY
AUTHORITY: This rule is promulgated pursuant to the
Podiatry Act, Subsection B of Section 61-8-10.1 NMSA 1978, which requires, as a
condition of license renewal, evidence of completion of post-graduate study as
required by board rule.
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16.21.8.4 DURATION:
Permanent.
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16.21.8.5 EFFECTIVE
DATE: May 3, 2019 unless a later date is cited at
the end of a section.
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16.21.8.6 OBJECTIVE: To
establish the criteria, standards, approval requirements, verification and
waiver requirements, for post-graduate study required by the board for license
renewal.
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16.21.8.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]
16.21.8.8 HOURS
REQUIRED: Sixteen hours of continuing education are
required annually, with two hours specifically related to pain management as
defined in 16.21.9.11 NMAC. Initial
licenses issued for a period of less than six months do not require any
continuing education for the initial licensing period. Licenses issued for more than six months but
less than 12 months require eight hours of continuing education for the initial
licensing period.
A. Continuing
education coursework must contribute directly to the practice of podiatric
medicine.
B. One hour of
credit will be granted for every contact hour of instruction. This credit shall apply to either academic or
clinical instruction.
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16.21.8.9 APPROVED
COURSES: Continuing education courses offered or
sponsored by the following organizations are automatically approved by the
board:
A. a college of
podiatric medicine which is accredited by the council podiatric medical
education (CPME) of the American podiatric medical association;
B. constituent
society of the American podiatric medical association;
C. an organization
or sponsor approved by the “CPME” of the American podiatric medical
association; or
D. hospital or
other health care organizations sponsored in-service programs related to the
practice of podiatry.
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16.21.8.10 APPROVAL
REQUIREMENTS: Any course not sponsored by a recognized
provider may be approved by the designee of the board. The application for approval must include the
name of the course, the sponsor, course outline, date, location, hours, names
and qualifications of presenters, and the method that will be used to certify
attendance.
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16.21.8.11 ALLOWED
COURSES AND PROVIDERS: The following courses and activities are
acceptable for CME credit:
A. Post Graduate Education:
This category includes internships,
residencies and fellowships, 14 hours of credit allowed for full time
participants.
B. Specialty Training/Certifications:
Four hours of credit per certificate for
specialty training with a maximum of 10 hours per year. A maximum of 10 hours of credit is allowed for
certification with a CPME approved board initially obtained or renewed within
the license renewal cycle.
C. Teaching: One credit hour is allowed for each hour of
teaching medical students or physicians in a United States medical school, an
approved residency/fellowship or for teaching in other programs approved by the
board with maximum of 10 hours per reporting.
D. Physician Preceptors/Mentors:
A maximum of five hours of credit during
a year reporting period is acceptable for licensed podiatrists who are acting
as preceptors/mentors for students enrolled in an accredited medical degree
program or as preceptors/mentors for students enrolled in a combined bachelor
of arts and medical degree program.
E. Papers and Publications:
10 hours of credit are allowed for each
original scientific medical paper or publication written by a licensee. For acceptance, papers must have been
presented to a recognized national, international, regional or state society or
organization whose membership is primarily physicians; or must have been
published in a recognized medical or medically related scientific journal.
F. Advanced Life
Support: Two hours of credit may be
claimed during reporting period for successful completion of advanced cardiac
life support (ACLS), pediatric advanced life support (PALS), advanced trauma
life support (ATLS) and neonatal
advanced life support (NALS) courses.
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16.21.8.12 VERIFICATION
OF COURSE ATTENDANCE: The following documents, or combination of
documents, may be used to verify attendance in required continuing education.
A. Course
certificate with the course title, content, presenter, sponsor and hours.
B. Course
attendance sheet submitted by the sponsor.
C. Course code or
statement of attendance from presenter or sponsor.
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16.21.8.13 VERIFICATION
OF CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS: Each podiatrist renewing a license shall
attest that they have obtained the required hours of continuing medical
education (CME). Documentation of CME is
not required unless you are selected for the annual CME compliance audit. If you are selected for audit you will be
notified and provided with instructions for compliance. The board may audit CME records at any time,
so CME records must be maintained for at least one year following the renewal
cycle in which they are earned.
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16.21.8.14 ACCEPTABLE DOCUMENTATION OF CME INCLUDES:
A. Photocopies of original certificates or official letters from course sponsors or online providers.
B. Postgraduate CME hours must be documented and attested either by the dean of the medical school, the chief of service, the course director, or an equivalent authority.
C. Advanced degree studies must be documented and attested either by the dean of the medical school, the chief of service, the course director, or an equivalent authority.
D. Teaching hours must be documented and attested either by the dean of the medical school, the chief of service, the course director, or an equivalent authority.
E. Preceptor hours must be documented and attested either by the dean of the medical school, the chief of service, the course director, or an equivalent authority.
F. Papers or publications must be documented with a copy.
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16.21.8.15 WAIVER
OF REQUIREMENTS: Waivers of the continuing education
requirement may be considered for the following situations for licensees.
A. During periods
of prolonged illness or physical incapacity.
(1) For
the purposes of this rule, the duration of a prolonged illness or physical
incapacity period will be defined as longer than six months.
(2) Any
licensee who wishes to apply for this type of waiver of continuing education
must submit in writing a letter detailing the nature of the illness or
incapacity and its probable duration. The board will review this waiver request
and allow the licensee or the licensee’s representative to attend board meeting
to present evidence of support of this waiver request and to speak to the board
concerning the petition for waiver. The
burden shall be on the licensee to prove to the board the necessity of the
waiver. The decision of the board on the
waiver shall be final.
B. Any licensee who
believes that the licensee is entitled to a waiver of a continuing education
requirement for reasons of prolonged illness or physical incapacity shall
request such a waiver by sending the board a letter from his or her physician
setting out in detail the nature of the illness or incapacity and its probable
duration. The board shall notify the
licensee in writing of the date on which the application will be considered by
the board. The licensee or the
licensee’s representative may attend the meeting, present evidence on behalf of
a petition for waiver, and to speak to the board concerning the petition. The burden shall be on the licensee to
satisfy the board of the necessity of the waiver. The decision of the board on the waiver shall
be final.
C. Licensee in the
United States military practicing or residing outside the United States shall
not be required to fulfill the continuing education requirements for the period
of the absence.
(1) The
board must be notified prior to license expiration that the licensee will be
outside the United States, including the period of the absence.
(2) Upon
return to the United States, the licensee shall complete the continuing
education required for the years of practice within the US during the renewal
cycle, or apply in writing to the board detailing reason for deferral of this
requirement.
D. Applications for
waiver under this section must be filed as soon as the licensee has reason to
believe that grounds for the waiver exist.
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16.21.8.16 EXTENSION
TO MEET REQUIREMENTS: The board may extend the time in which a
licensee may meet the required continuing education requirements.
A. A licensee
unable to fulfill the continuing education requirements may apply to the board
for an extension of time in which to meet educational requirements. Extensions of up to three months may be
granted by the board or its designee.
Licensees granted an extension must pay the late fee defined in
Subsection F of 16.21.2.8 NMAC to cover the cost of additional processing
requirements.
B. A licensee who
is unable to fulfill the requirements within the three month extension must
apply to the board for an additional extension.
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HISTORY of 16.21.8 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC History:
The material in this
part was derived from that previously filed with the commission of public
records - state records center and archives:
Rule VII, Continuing
Education, filed 7/21/1980.
Rule VII, Continuing
Education, filed 10/6/1987.
Rule VII, Continuing
Education, filed 8/18/1989.
History of
Repealed Material: Rule VI, Renewal Of License (filed 8/18/1989),
repealed 10/15/2004.
16.21.8 NMAC,
Podiatrists - Continuing Education filed 9/15/2004, Repealed effective 5/3/2019.
Other History:
Rule VII, Continuing
Education (filed 8/18/1989) was renumbered, reformatted and replaced by 16.21.8
NMAC, Continuing Education, effective 10/15/2004.
16.21.8 NMAC,
Podiatrists - Continuing Education filed 9/15/2004 was replaced by 16.21.8
NMAC, Podiatrists - Continuing Education effective 5/3/2019.