Oklahoma § 59-145.1 - Continuing education requirement for renewal of license

§ 59-145.1. Continuing education requirement for renewal of license

- Exemptions.

A. Sixty (60) hours of continuing education shall be required

for renewal of an individual license to practice podiatric medicine

in this state. This must be obtained in the two-year period

immediately preceding the two-year period for which the license is

to be issued. Such continuing education shall include not less than

two (2) hours of education in pain management or two (2) hours of

education in opioid use or addiction, unless the licensee has

demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Board of Podiatric Medical

Examiners that the licensee does not currently hold a valid federal

Drug Enforcement Administration registration number. The continuing

education required by this section shall be any of the following:

1. Education presented by an organization approved by the

Council on Continuing Education of the American Podiatric Medical

Association;

2. A national, state or county podiatric medical association

meeting approved by the Board;

3. Hospital-sponsored scientific programs approved by the

Board; or

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

4. Six (6) hours of continuing education credit may be obtained

by attending meetings and hearings of the Board.

At least thirty (30) hours of the required sixty (60) hours must be

obtained in this state.

B. Any practitioner not so satisfying the Board of the

fulfillment of the continuing education requirements required by

subsection A of this section shall cease to be entitled to have such

license renewed.

C. Any practitioner fully retired from the practice of

podiatric medicine shall be exempt from compliance with the

requirements imposed by subsection A of this section. However, upon

resuming the practice of podiatric medicine, the individual shall

fulfill such requirements which have accrued from October 1, 1979,

to the time of resumption of practice.

Added by Laws 1979, c. 81, § 2. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 150, § 10,

eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2013, c. 185, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws

2019, c. 428, § 1, emerg. eff. May 21, 2019.