California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 10 - Continuing Medical Education

  • Section 2190.
    In order to ensure the continuing competence of licensed physicians and surgeons, the board shall adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of those...
  • Section 2190.1.
    (a) The continuing medical education standards of Section 2190 may be met by educational activities that meet the standards of the Division of Licensing and that...
  • Section 2190.2.
    The Division of Licensing shall establish criteria that providers of continuing medical education shall follow to ensure attendance by licensees throughout the entire course.(Added by...
  • Section 2190.3.
    All general internists and family physicians who have a patient population of which over 25 percent are 65 years of age or older shall complete...
  • Section 2190.5.
    (a)All physicians and surgeons shall complete a mandatory continuing education course in the subjects of pain management and the treatment of terminally ill and dying...
  • Section 2191.
    (a) In determining its continuing education requirements, the board shall consider including a course in human sexuality, defined as the study of a human being as...
  • Section 2191.1.
    The Division of Licensing shall encourage every physician and surgeon to take a course in pharmacology and pharmaceuticals as part of his or her continuing...
  • Section 2191.2.
    The division shall encourage every physician and surgeon to take a course in geriatric medicine, including geriatric pharmacology, as part of his or her continuing...
  • Section 2191.5.
    In determining its continuing education requirements, the board shall consider including a course in integrating mental and physical health care in primary care settings, especially...
  • Section 2196.
    The board shall periodically develop and disseminate information and educational material regarding the detection and treatment of child abuse and neglect to each licensed physician...
  • Section 2196.1.
    The board shall periodically develop and disseminate information and educational material regarding the detection and treatment of elder abuse and neglect to each licensed physician...
  • Section 2196.2.
    The board shall periodically develop and disseminate information and educational material regarding pain management techniques and procedures to each licensed physician and surgeon and to...
  • Section 2196.5.
    The board shall periodically disseminate information and educational material regarding the detection and treatment of spousal or partner abuse to each licensed physician and surgeon...
  • Section 2196.6.
    The board shall periodically disseminate information and educational material regarding the prevention and treatment of chronic disease by the application of changes in nutrition and...
  • Section 2196.7.
    The board shall convene a working group of interested parties to discuss nutrition and lifestyle behavior for the prevention and treatment of chronic disease at...
  • Section 2196.8.
    The board shall periodically develop and disseminate information and educational material regarding assessing a patient’s risk of abusing or diverting controlled substances and information relating...

Last modified: October 22, 2018