6807.1 The Board may, in its discretion, approve continuing education programs or activities that directly or indirectly correlate to podiatric medicine and surgery that contribute to the growth of a licensee in professional competence in the practice of podiatry which meet the other requirements of this section.

6807.2 The Board may approve the following types of continuing education programs, if the program meets the requirements of § 6807.3:

1. (a) A seminar or workshop;
2. (b) A program offered at professional or scientific meetings of local, state, regional, national, or international professional or scientific organizations; and
3. (c) In-service training.

6807.3 To be considered for approval by the Board, a continuing education program shall:

1. (a) Be current in its professional subject matter as it relates to podiatric medicine;
2. (b) Be developed and taught by qualified individuals; and
3. (c) Meet one of the following requirements:
4. (1) Be pre-approved by the CPME or other accrediting body in the field of podiatric medicine; or
5. (2) Be submitted by the program sponsor to the Board for approval no fewer than sixty (60) days before the date of presentation.

6807.4 The Board shall issue an updated list of approved continuing education programs annually.

6807.5 An applicant shall have the burden of reviewing the Board's updated list of approved continuing medical education programs, and verifying whether a program is approved by the Board pursuant to this section prior to attending the program.

6807.6 In accordance with § 6807.1, credit shall be given for business or information

technology courses that relate to the practice of medicine and surgery. No more than ten credits will be accepted by the Board derived from practice management courses that correlate to the practice of medicine.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 955, 958 (February 12, 1988); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 8072 (August 17, 2007); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 8578, 8579 (October 7, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 12740 (September 27, 2019).