Continuing Education Requirements (per the Oklahoma Medical Board website)
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Section 519.8. License renewal--Fees
A. Licenses issued to physician assistants shall be renewed annually on a date
determined by the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. Each application for
renewal shall document that the physician assistant has earned at least twenty (20) hours of
continuing medical education during the preceding calendar year.
435:15-3-17. Continuing education for renewal
(a) Applicants initially licensed as a physician assistant will be
exempt from reporting
Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits until one year after
licensure, thereafter each
applicant for renewal must provide evidence that he or she has
successfully earned at least twenty (20) hours of Category I CME hours
during the preceding calendar year.
(b) At least one (1) hour of Category I CME shall be earned each calendar year concerning the
topic of substance abuse.
(c) The CME hours shall be logged and reported to the Board on an annual basis by the
Oklahoma Academy of Physician Assistants, Inc. The applicant shall bear the cost of this
requirement.
(d) Any applicant for renewal who does not meet the requirements for continuing education by
December 31 of the previous calendar year may not renew until deficient hours are obtained and
verified. Additionally, within the next calendar year the licensee will be required to obtain forty
(40) hours of Category I CME. Failure to meet these additional requirements will result in
further disciplinary action.
[Source: Amended and renumbered from 435:15-3-10 at 10 Ok Reg 4377, eff 7-27-93 (emergency); Amended and
renumbered from 435:15-3-10 at 11 Ok Reg 2331, eff 5-26-94; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2022, eff 5-26-98; Amended
at 16 Ok Reg 378, eff 10-6-98 (emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1214, eff 5-14-99; Amended at 28 Ok Reg
1750, eff 6-25-2011]