WAC 246-922-300. Podiatric continuing medical education required

(1) The board requires a podiatric physician and surgeon to participate in podiatric continuing medical education as a mechanism to maintain and enhance competence and stay informed of recent developments within podiatric medicine and related fields. A resident in an approved postgraduate residency training program is not required to participate in podiatric continuing medical education. (2) A podiatric physician and surgeon must complete 100 hours of continuing medical education every two years and comply with WAC 246-12-170 through 246-12-240 and WAC 246-922-310 . (3) To satisfy the continuing medical education requirements identified in subsection (2) of this section, a podiatric physician and surgeon may: (a) Certify or recertify within the previous four years with a specialty board recognized by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME); or (b) Meet the requirements for participation in a maintenance of certification program for a specialty board recognized by the CPME. (4) If a podiatric physician and surgeon uses subsection (3) of this section to comply with podiatric continuing medical education requirements, the podiatric physician and surgeon must assure that they have taken a minimum of two hours of health equity continuing medical education training every four years pursuant to WAC 246-922-310 (4).