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 satisfy the continuing educational requirement established by the board:

(a) Have practice management content designed to provide better service to patients, including, but not limited to, the use of technology or clinical office workflow.

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 2190.15

  • board: as used in this chapter means the Medical Board of California. See California Business and Professions Code 2002
  • licensee: as used in this chapter means the holder of a physician's and surgeon's certificate or doctor of podiatric medicine's certificate, as the case may be, who is engaged in the professional practice authorized by the certificate under the jurisdiction of the appropriate board. See California Business and Professions Code 2041

(b) Have management content designed to support managing a health care facility, including, but not limited to, coding or reimbursement in a medical practice.

(c) Support educational methodology for physicians and surgeons teaching in a medical school.

(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 612, Sec. 2. (AB 359) Effective October 7, 2021.)

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