LAC 46:XLV.449. CME Requirement for Initial Renewal of License

A. As part of the respective CME requirements for each board licensee, every physician and/or any allied healthcare provider licensee seeking the initial renewal of licensure, whether such license was originally issued by the board on the basis of examination, reciprocity or reinstatement shall evidence and document, upon forms and/or through methods supplied by the board, successful completion of an online “Laws and Rules Course” approved by the board and available through the board’s licensing department and the board’s website. 1. With the exception of a license issued pursuant to R.S. 37:1310.1, the requirement of §449.A is a condition prerequisite to the person’s license being renewed for the first time in the state of Louisiana; 2. With regard to licenses issued pursuant to R.S. 37:1310.1, the requirement of §449.A must be fulfilled, at the latest, within 90 days of the person’s license being renewed for the first time in the state of Louisiana, in accordance with R.S. 37:1310.1, section 7(b). B. Licensees shall, for each hour of attendance and participation included in the successful completion of the Laws and Rules Course, be granted an hour-for-hour credit towards his/her respective annual CME requirement.