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Code · Kentucky · Chapter 311 — Physicians, osteopaths, podiatrists, and related medical practitioners

311.566 Restrictions on board's requirements for licensure.

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(1)As used in this section:
(a)"Continuing medical education" means continued postgraduate medical
education intended to provide medical professionals with knowledge of new
developments in their field;
(b)"Maintenance of certification" means any process requiring periodic
recertification examinations to maintain specialty medical board certification;
(c)"Maintenance of licensure" means the proprietary framework for physician
license renewal established through the Federation of State Medical Boards or
its successor organization, which includes additional periodic testing other
than continuing medical education; and
(d)"Specialty medical board certification" means certification by a board that
specializes in one
(1)particular area of medicine and typically requires
additional and more strenuous examinations than the State Board of Medical
Licensure's requirements to practice medicine.
(2)The board shall not require any form of maintenance of licensure as a condition of
physician licensure, including requiring any form of maintenance of licensure tied
to maintenance of certification. The board's regular requirements, including
continuing medical education, shall suffice to demonstrate professional
competency.
(3)The board shall not require any form of specialty medical board certification or any
maintenance of certification to practice medicine in Kentucky.
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