052-5 Wyo. Code R. §§ 5-21 - [Effective until 8/1/2025] Continuing medical education
(a) To renew, reinstate or reactivate a physician assistant license in Wyoming, a physician assistant shall verify
one or more of the following:
(i) Continued participation in the NCCPA maintenance of certificate process,
including completion of not less than 60 continuing medical education credits during the preceding three calendar years;
(ii) Completion of not less than 60 hours of continuing medical education credits during the preceding three
calendar years;
(iii) Documented volunteer service rendering clinical care in a nonprofit health care
facility in this state to low income uninsured persons while holding an emeritus license in good standing, such CME to be credited at the rate set
forth in Chapter 1, Section 5(a)(v)(A)(II) of these rules; or,
(iv) Documented volunteer service to the
board as a medical consultant, such service to be credited as CME at the rate of one (1) hour of continuing medical education credit per two (2)
hours of service as a consultant, not to exceed twenty (20) hours' CME credit in a calendar year.
(b) The following persons shall not be subject to the continuing medical education requirement of subsection (a) of
this section:
(i) A physician assistant who has been certified or recertified by the NCCPA within the past three
years as of the renewal date;
(ii) A physician assistant who has held a Wyoming physician assistant
license less than three years as of the renewal date;
(iii) A physician assistant who holds an inactive
license to practice medicine in Wyoming as defined in Ch. 1, Sec. 5(a)(iv) of these rules and who indicate such status by written notice to the
board.
(c) Upon written request specifying the reasons for an exemption, the board may grant
an exemption to a physician assistant of all or part of the requirements of circumstances beyond the control of the licensee, such as temporary
disability, mandatory military service or officially declared disasters.
(d) Upon written request
received in the board office on or before the renewal date and for good cause shown, the board may grant an extension of the deadline requirements
for up to one year.
(e) Each year, accompanying the application for renewal of a license to practice
medicine or accompanying a petition for reactivation or reinstatement of his/her license, a physician assistant shall submit a license renewal
application provided by the board requiring the license holder to verify that he/she has met the CME requirements described above or that he/she
holds an inactive physician assistant license or is otherwise exempt from these rules.
(f) Physician
assistants shall maintain CME records for no less than four (4) years and such records shall be made available to the board upon request.
(g) Failure to complete CME requirements as described in this rule may cause the physician assistant to be
ineligible for annual license renewal. Failure to produce records reflecting that a physician assistant has completed the required minimum continuing
medical education hours upon written request by the board may constitute unprofessional conduct under W.S. 33-26-402(a)(xxviii).
(h) The board shall periodically conduct a random audit of approximately ten (10%) percent of its physician
assistant licensees to determine compliance with these rules. The physician assistants selected for the audit shall provide a signed statement of
completion of the required hours and all supporting documentation within forty-five (45) days of the date of the notice of the audit. Failure to
comply with the audit may subject the physician assistant to disciplinary action by the board as set forth above in subsection (g). If found to have
not completed the requirement noted above, a physician assistant shall have not more than six (6) months within which to comply with this
rule.
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(a) To renew, reinstate or reactivate a physician assistant license in Wyoming, a physician assistant shall verify one or more of the following:
(i) Continued participation in the NCCPA maintenance of certificate process, including completion of not less than 60 continuing medical education credits during the preceding three calendar years;
(ii) Completion of not less than 60 hours of continuing medical education credits during the preceding three calendar years;
(iii) Documented volunteer service rendering clinical care in a nonprofit health care facility in this state to low income uninsured persons while holding an emeritus license in good standing, such CME to be credited at the rate set forth in Chapter 1, Section 5(a)(v)(A)(II) of these rules; or,
(iv) Documented volunteer service to the board as a medical consultant, such service to be credited as CME at the rate of one (1) hour of continuing medical education credit per two (2) hours of service as a consultant, not to exceed twenty (20) hours' CME credit in a calendar year.
(b) The following persons shall not be subject to the continuing medical education requirement of subsection (a) of this section:
(i) A physician assistant who has been certified or recertified by the NCCPA within the past three years as of the renewal date;
(ii) A physician assistant who has held a Wyoming physician assistant license less than three years as of the renewal date;
(iii) A physician assistant who holds an inactive license to practice medicine in Wyoming as defined in Ch. 1, Sec. 5(a)(iv) of these rules and who indicate such status by written notice to the board.
(c) Upon written request specifying the reasons for an exemption, the board may grant an exemption to a physician assistant of all or part of the requirements of circumstances beyond the control of the licensee, such as temporary disability, mandatory military service or officially declared disasters.
(d) Upon written request received in the board office on or before the renewal date and for good cause shown, the board may grant an extension of the deadline requirements for up to one year.
(e) Each year, accompanying the application for renewal of a license to practice medicine or accompanying a petition for reactivation or reinstatement of his/her license, a physician assistant shall submit a license renewal application provided by the board requiring the license holder to verify that he/she has met the CME requirements described above or that he/she holds an inactive physician assistant license or is otherwise exempt from these rules.
(f) Physician assistants shall maintain CME records for no less than four (4) years and such records shall be made available to the board upon request.
(g) Failure to complete CME requirements as described in this rule may cause the physician assistant to be ineligible for annual license renewal. Failure to produce records reflecting that a physician assistant has completed the required minimum continuing medical education hours upon written request by the board may constitute unprofessional conduct under W.S. 33-26-402(a)(xxviii).
(h) The board shall periodically conduct a random audit of approximately ten (10%) percent of its physician assistant licensees to determine compliance with these rules. The physician assistants selected for the audit shall provide a signed statement of completion of the required hours and all supporting documentation within forty-five (45) days of the date of the notice of the audit. Failure to comply with the audit may subject the physician assistant to disciplinary action by the board as set forth above in subsection (g). If found to have not completed the requirement noted above, a physician assistant shall have not more than six (6) months within which to comply with this rule.