CHANGES TO CME REQUIREMENTS (8/18/06)

Summary of Changes:
When HB 699 was signed into law, it made changes to your CME requirements for Florida Relicensure.

The CHANGES are:

• Domestic Violence is now a 2-hour requirement every third renewal (every 6 years).
• End-of-Life Care is no longer available as a substitution for Domestic Violence.
  
  The current HIV/AIDS requirement has been CHANGED. The final determination was made by the Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
  
• 3-hours of HIV/AIDS prior to licensure is NO LONGER REQUIRED.
• 1-hour of HIV/AIDS is required prior to the end of your first renewal.
  
  
  
  As of August 2006 - CME Requirements for Florida Relicensure
  
  For the licensure period beginning April 1, 2006 - March 31, 2008, each physician must complete a total of 40 CME hours, 20 of which must be Category 1-A.
  
  Included in the 40 hours, there are five (5) mandatory hours required for Florida relicensure (each licensure period) and cannot be taken by correspondence. The following must be LIVE, PARTICIPATORY credits:
  

• 2 hours of Prevention of Medical Errors
  
• 1 hour of Risk Management
  
• 1 hour of Florida Laws & Rules
  
• 1 hour of Uses & Abuses of Controlled Substances
  
  
  The following may be taken by correspondence:
  
• 2 hours of Domestic Violence every 6 years starting 4/1/06
  
  FOR NEW LICENSEES ONLY:
• 1 hour of HIV/AIDS must be taken before the end of your FIRST licensure renewal. All those that are not in their first two years of licensure are NOT REQUIRED to take an HIV/AIDS course.
  
  
  REMEMBER: Any FOMA CME meeting you attend you will receive ALL of your MANDATORY hours and those hours will be reported to CE Broker for you as a member benefit ! The FOMA Mid-Year Seminar will be held September 7-9, 2007 in Tampa, Florida. Visit our website and register today! www.foma.org
  
  
  
  
  If you have any questions regarding these changes, please call the FOMA Executive Office.