WAC 246-919-430. Requirements for maintenance of licensure

A licensed physician must complete one of the following to satisfy maintenance of licensure requirements during renewal: (1) Complete two hundred hours of continuing education every four years as required in chapter 246-12 WAC and as described in WAC 246-919-460 . Participation in a residency program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or in a fellowship program, accredited or not, may be credited fifty hours of Category I continuing medical education per year of training towards the two hundred hour requirement; (2) Obtain a current Physician's Recognition Award from the American Medical Association in at least two of the four years preceding the renewal due date; (3) Become certified by a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties in the four years preceding the renewal due date; (4) Meet the requirements for participation in maintenance of certification of a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties at the time of renewal.