Sec. 204.1562.  CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  The physician assistant board by rule shall adopt, monitor, and enforce a reporting program for the continuing medical education of license holders.  The physician assistant board shall adopt and administer rules that:
(1)  establish the number of hours of continuing medical education the physician assistant board determines appropriate as a prerequisite to the renewal of a license under this chapter;
(2)  require at least one-half of the hours of continuing medical education established under Subdivision (1) to be approved by the physician assistant board; and
(3)  adopt a process to assess a license holder's participation in continuing medical education courses.
(b)  The physician assistant board may require that a specified number of continuing medical education hours be completed informally, including through self-study and self-directed education. 
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 269 (S.B. 419), Sec. 2.19, eff. September 1, 2005.