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2001 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 511

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires physicians licensed by the board of medicine to submit a continuing medical education form to the New Hampshire Medical Society on or before February 28 of each year, unless the licensee has completed the continuing medical education requirement for the 3-year period in a previous year. The New Hampshire Medical Society shall verify continuing medical education requirements of licensees until January 1, 2007.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

183:1 Physicians and Surgeons; Continuing Medical Education Requirement. Amend RSA 329:16-g to read as follows:

329:16-g Continuing Medical Education Requirement. As a condition of renewal of license, the board shall require each licensee to show proof at least every 3 years that the licensee has completed an approved continuing medical education program within the preceding 3 years. For the purposes of this section, an approved continuing medical education program is a program designed to continue the education of the licensee in current developments, skills, procedures, or treatment in the licensee's field of practice, which has been certified by a national, state or county medical society or college or university approved by the board. There shall be a complete audit of all continuing education credits annually by the New Hampshire Medical Society until January 1, 2007, and by the board or their designee thereafter. The board shall accept verification of continuing medical education for licensees from the New Hampshire Medical Society until January 1, 2007. The fee charged to licensees for continuing medical education verification shall not exceed 125 percent of the actual cost of providing the service. The New Hampshire Medical Society is prohibited from using any information from this program for promotional purposes or any other purpose not necessary for continuing education verification.

183:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: July 5, 2001)

(Effective Date: September 3, 2001)