448.13 Biennial training requirement. - Wisconsin Statutes

448.13

448.13 Biennial training requirement.

448.13(1)

(1)

448.13(1)(a)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b), each physician shall, in each 2nd year at the time of application for a certificate of registration under s. 448.07, submit proof of attendance at and completion of all of the following:

448.13(1)(a)1.

1. Continuing education programs or courses of study approved for at least 30 hours of credit by the board within the 2 calendar years preceding the calendar year for which the registration is effective.

448.13(1)(a)2.

2. Professional development and maintenance of certification or performance improvement or continuing medical education programs or courses of study required by the board by rule under s. 448.40 (1) and completed within the 2 calendar years preceding the calendar year for which the registration is effective.

448.13(1)(b)

(b) The board may waive any of the requirements under par. (a) if it finds that exceptional circumstances such as prolonged illness, disability or other similar circumstances have prevented a physician from meeting the requirements.

448.13(1m)

(1m) The board shall, on a random basis, verify the accuracy of proof submitted by physicians under sub. (1) (a) and may, at any time during the 2 calendar years specified in sub. (1) (a), require a physician to submit proof of any continuing education, professional development, and maintenance of certification or performance improvement or continuing medical education programs or courses of study that he or she has attended and completed at that time during the 2 calendar years.

448.13(2)

(2) Each person licensed as a perfusionist shall, in each 2nd year at the time of application for a certificate of registration under s. 448.07, submit proof of completion of continuing education requirements promulgated by rule by the board.

448.13 - ANNOT.

History: 1977 c. 131, 418; 1987 a. 399; 1995 a. 245; 1997 a. 175, 311; 1999 a. 180; 2001 a. 89; 2009 a. 382.

448.13 - ANNOT.

Cross Reference: See also Med, Wis. adm. code.