Rhode Island § 5-54-22 - Physician Assistants
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§ 5-54-22. Physician Assistants
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-54-22
§ 5-54-22. Continuing medical education.
Every physician assistant licensed to practice within the state shall be required to have satisfactorily completed twenty-five (25) hours of approved continuing medical education annually. The annual period for accumulation of continuing-education hours commences on the first day of October and runs through the last day of September beginning in 1996. Beginning with the annual renewal period commencing the first day of October 1997, the administrator shall not renew the certificate of licensure until satisfactory evidence of the completion of the required continuing medical education is provided to the division.
History of Section.
P.L. 1998, ch. 364, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 197, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 230, § 1.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 5-54-22 ("Physician Assistants") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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