Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 500-5-.02 - Continuing Education Reporting and Auditing
(1) At the time a license to practice
podiatric medicine is renewed, the applicant must acknowledge and state that
the applicant has earned the required continuing education credit hours for
license renewal.
(2) The renewal
applicant must keep on file a record of the accumulated continuing credit
hours, titles, where the courses were obtained, and the certificate of
completion with the number of approved CME credits/hours for no less than three
(3) renewal periods or six (6) years from the date of attendance.
(3) The Georgia State Board of Podiatry
Examiners ("Board") shall conduct random audits of CME hours.
(a) Audits conducted before license
expiration date. Licensees whose renewal applications are selected for CME
hours audit before the license expiration date must submit to the Board records
of attendance and supporting documents for CME hours obtained before a
licensee's renewal application is completed.
(1) Before a licensee license is renewed, if
an audit of the license renewal application shows that the number of CME hours
or documentation for CME hours required for renewal is deficient, documentation
satisfactory to the Board shall be submitted prior to granting renewal of the
license.
(2) The Board may take
disciplinary action against a licensee based upon the outcome of an audit and
may require, as a condition of granting renewal, that the licensee agree to
terms and conditions that include, but are not limited to, the following:
(i) pay a fine of $50.00 per unsubstantiated
or deficient credit hour;
(ii)
submit proof satisfactory to the Board of completion of all deficient CE hours,
none of which deficient hours may be used to satisfy the CE requirement of any
subsequent renewal cycle;
(iii)
comply with and satisfy all terms and conditions required for license renewal
imposed by the Board prior to the end of the late renewal period;
(iv) failure to comply with all the Board's
terms and conditions by the end of the late renewal period may result in
revocation of the license; and
(v)
additional sanctions and penalties based upon the facts and circumstances as
determined by the Board.
(b) Audits conducted after license expiration
date. After a license is renewed, an audit may be conducted of CE hours
submitted in connection with the license renewal application. Licensees whose
renewal applications are selected for CME hours audit after license renewal
must submit upon request records of attendance and supporting documents for the
CME hours obtained for license renewal.
(1)
The Board may take disciplinary action against a license if the licensee fails
to certify or submit adequate proof of completed CE hours, or if the CE
documentation submitted is incorrect, false, or fraudulent.
(2) The Board's disciplinary action against a
licensee based upon the outcome of an audit may include the suspension of the
renewed license and the imposition of terms and conditions that include, but
are not limited to, the following:
(i) a fine
of $50.0) per unsubstantiated credit hour;
(ii) proof satisfactory to the Board
documenting the completion of all deficient CE hours, none of which deficient
hours may be used to satisfy the CE requirement of any subsequent renewal
cycle;
(iii) all terms and
conditions shall be satisfied prior to the end of the late renewal period
and/or prior to the lifting of license suspension and restoration of the
license to active status; and
(iv)
failure to comply with the Board's terms and conditions by the end of the late
renewal period may result in revocation of the license.
(4) The submission of a
false statement on a license renewal application that the CME hours requirement
has been met, after substantiation thereof, may result in the revocation of a
license by the Board.
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