Kan. Admin. Regs. § 100-49-8

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 46, November 14, 2024

Section 100-49-8 - Continuing education

(a) Every three years, each podiatrist shall submit, before or with the application for renewal, evidence of having completed a minimum of 54 hours of continuing education during the preceding three-year period.

(b) Any podiatrist who suffered an illness or injury that made it impossible or extremely difficult to reasonably obtain the required hours may be granted an extension of not more than six months.

(c) Continuing education shall be acquired from any of the following:

(1) Courses offered by sponsors of continuing education in podiatric medicine and meeting the requirements of CPME 720, "standards, requirements, and guidelines for approval of sponsors of continuing education in podiatric medicine," revised May 1999 by the council on podiatric medical education and hereby adopted by reference;

(2) courses and instructional media approved for category I by the American medical association;

(3) courses and instructional media approved for category I by the American osteopathic association; or

(4) other courses approved by the board.

(d) Each applicant desiring to reinstate a license that has been canceled for failure to renew and each exempt licensee desiring to apply for a license to regularly engage in the practice of podiatry shall submit proof of continuing education to the board as follows:

(1) If the time since the license was canceled or exempt has been one year or less, no continuing education in addition to that which would have been necessary had the license been renewed before cancellation or not exempt shall be required.

(2) If the time since the license was canceled or exempt has been more than one year, the applicant shall complete a program of continuing education recommended by the board.

(e) If, since the date the license was canceled or exempt, the applicant has been in active practice as a podiatrist in another state or jurisdiction, the applicant shall submit proof of the current license and proof of compliance with the continuing education requirements of that jurisdiction.

(f) Each applicant seeking reinstatement of a revoked license shall successfully complete an individually tailored program approved by the board.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 100-49-8

Authorized by K.S.A. 65-2013; implementing K.S.A. 65-2010; effective Jan. 10, 2003.