Assistant Physician Inactive Status

PURPOSE: This rule provides the requirements assistant physicians must follow to request inactive status. (1) Any assistant physician may request that his or her license be put on inactive status by filling out an Inactive Status form provided by the board. The application form shall include at least the following: (A) Name of the applicant; (B) Current address, telephone number, and email address; (C) If not provided at the time of original licensure, the appli cant shall provide his or her Social Security number; (D) The name of the assistant physician’s collaborating phy sician; and (E) A statement that the assistant physician acknowledges that he or she can no longer practice. (2) To reactivate any license that has been placed on inactive status for less than six (6) months, the licensee must follow the provisions of 20 CSR 2150-2.210(2). (3) If an assistant physician license is on inactive status for six (6) months or more, it shall be expired and may not be rein stated or renewed. AUTHORITY: section 324.039, RSMo Supp. 2013, sections 334.036 and 334.125, RSMo. Supp. 2014, and section 334.045, RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed June 29, 2016, effective Jan. 30, 2017. *Original authority: 324.039, RSMo 2008; 334.036, RSMo 2014; 334.045, RSMo 1963, amended 1981, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995; and 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993, 1995, 2014. 20 CSR 2150-2.230 Assistant Physician—Continuing Education PURPOSE: This rule details the minimum requirements for con tinuing education. (1) Each assistant physician shall complete and attest that he or she has completed at least fifty (50) hours of continuing med ical education every two (2) years. The reporting period shall end December 31 of the odd numbered year. (2) In order to count toward the required fifty (50) hours, the con tinuing education shall be accredited by the American Medical Association (AMA) as Category 1; or by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) as Category 1-A or 2-A; or offered by a resi dency program or hospital-approved by Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) of the American Medical Association or the Program and Trainee Review Council of the American Osteopathic Association. (3) All courses completed may only count toward fulfilling the requirement for one (1) reporting period. (4) Each licensee shall retain records documenting their attendance at and completion of the required continuing medical education for a minimum of three (3) years after the reporting period in which the continuing medical education was completed. The records shall document the— (A) Titles of the courses taken; (B) Dates; (C) Locations; (D) Course sponsors; (E) Category of hours earned; and (F) Number of hours earned. (5) The board may conduct an audit of licensees to verify compliance with the continuing medical education requirement. AUTHORITY: section 334.036, RSMo Supp. 2018, and section 334.125, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed June 29, 2016, effective Jan. 30, 2017. Emergency amendment filed Feb. 22, 2019, effective March 4, 2019, expired Aug. 30, 2019. Amended: Filed Feb. 22, 2019, effective Aug. 30, 2019. *Original authority: 334.036, RSMo 2014, amended 2017, 2018 and 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993, 1995, 2014.