2190. In order to ensure the continuing competence of licensed physicians and surgeons, the board shall adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of those licensees. The board may also set content standards for any educational activity concerning a chronic disease that includes appropriate information on prevention of the chronic disease, and on treatment […]
2190.1. (a) The continuing medical education standards of Section 2190 may be met by educational activities that meet the standards of the board and that serve to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance that a physician and surgeon uses to provide care, or to improve the quality of care provided to patients. […]
2190.15. Notwithstanding Section 2190.1, a physician and surgeon may meet the continuing medical education standards in Section 2190 through continuing medical education courses that meet any of the criteria below, except that these courses shall not together comprise more than 30 percent of the total hours of continuing medical education completed by a licensee to […]
2190.2. The Division of Licensing shall establish criteria that providers of continuing medical education shall follow to ensure attendance by licensees throughout the entire course. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 440, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2190.3. All general internists and family physicians who have a patient population of which over 25 percent are 65 years of age or older shall complete at least 20 percent of all mandatory continuing education hours in a course in the field of geriatric medicine or the care of older patients. (Added by Stats. 2000, […]
2190.5. (a) (1) All physicians and surgeons shall complete a mandatory continuing education course in the subjects of pain management and the treatment of terminally ill and dying patients. For the purposes of this section, this course shall be a one-time requirement of 12 credit hours within the required minimum established by regulation, to be completed by […]
2190.6. (a) As an alternative to Section 2190.5, a physician and surgeon may complete a one-time continuing education course of 12 credit hours in the subject of treatment and management of opiate-dependent patients, including eight hours of training in buprenorphine treatment, or other similar medicinal treatment, for opioid use disorders. (b) A physician and surgeon who meets […]
2191. (a) In determining its continuing education requirements, the board shall consider including a course in human sexuality, defined as the study of a human being as a sexual being and how he or she functions with respect thereto, and nutrition to be taken by those licensees whose practices may require knowledge in those areas. (b) The […]
2191.1. The Division of Licensing shall encourage every physician and surgeon to take a course in pharmacology and pharmaceuticals as part of his or her continuing education. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1600, Sec. 2.)
2191.2. The division shall encourage every physician and surgeon to take a course in geriatric medicine, including geriatric pharmacology, as part of his or her continuing education. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 440, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2191.4. The board, in determining its continuing education requirements, shall consider including a course in integrating HIV/AIDS pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) medication maintenance and counseling in primary care settings, especially as it pertains to HIV testing, access to care, counseling, high-risk communities, patient concerns, exposure to HIV/AIDS, and the appropriate care and […]
2191.5. In determining its continuing education requirements, the board shall consider including a course in integrating mental and physical health care in primary care settings, especially as it pertains to early identification of mental health issues and exposure to trauma in children and young adults and their appropriate care and treatment. (Added by Stats. 2017, […]
2196. The board shall periodically develop and disseminate information and educational material regarding the detection and treatment of child abuse and neglect to each licensed physician and surgeon and to each general acute care hospital in the state. The board shall consult with the Office of Child Abuse Prevention in developing the materials distributed pursuant […]
2196.1. The board shall periodically develop and disseminate information and educational material regarding the detection and treatment of elder abuse and neglect to each licensed physician and surgeon and to each general acute care hospital in this state. The board shall consult with the Adult Protective Services Division of the State Department of Social Services […]
2196.2. The board shall periodically develop and disseminate information and educational material regarding pain management techniques and procedures, including the risks of addiction associated with the use of Schedule II drugs, to each licensed physician and surgeon and to each general acute care hospital in this state. The board shall consult with the State Department […]
2196.5. The board shall periodically disseminate information and educational material regarding the detection and treatment of spousal or partner abuse to each licensed physician and surgeon and to each general acute care hospital in the state. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1234, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2196.6. The board shall periodically disseminate information and educational material regarding the prevention and treatment of chronic disease by the application of changes in nutrition and lifestyle behavior to each licensed physician and surgeon and to each general acute care hospital in the state. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 236, Sec. 3. (SB 380) Effective […]
2196.7. The board shall convene a working group of interested parties to discuss nutrition and lifestyle behavior for the prevention and treatment of chronic disease at one of its quarterly meetings within three years after the operative date of this section. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 236, Sec. 4. (SB 380) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2196.8. The board shall periodically develop and disseminate information and educational material regarding assessing a patient’s risk of abusing or diverting controlled substances and information relating to the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES), described in Section 11165 of the Health and Safety Code, to each licensed physician and surgeon and to each […]
2196.9. (a) In determining its continuing education requirements for physicians and surgeons, the board shall consider including a course in maternal mental health, which shall address the following: (1) Best practices in screening for maternal mental health disorders, including cultural competency and unintended bias as a means to build trust with mothers. (2) The range of maternal mental […]
