Texas § OC.204.1562 - CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
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§ OC.204.1562. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) The physician assistant board by rule shall adopt, monitor, and enforce a reporting program for the continuing medical education of license holders. The physician assistant board shall adopt and administer rules that: (1) establish the number of hours of continuing medical education the physician assistant board determines appropriate as a prerequisite to the renewal of a license under this chapter; (2) require at least one-half of the hours of continuing medical education established under Subdivision (1) to be approved by the physician assistant board; and (3) adopt a process to assess a license holder's participation in continuing medical education courses. (b) The physician assistant board may require that a specified number of continuing medical education hours be completed informally, including through self-study and self-directed education. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 269 (S.B. 419 ), Sec. 2.19, eff. September 1, 2005. Text of section as added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 365 (H.B. 47 ), Sec. 18 For text of section as added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1179 (S.B. 25 ), Sec. 11, see other Sec. 204.1563.
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