SECTION 545:20-3-2. Provisions for continuing education

(a)   Excess hours of continuing education obtained in the last one-half of the preceding renewal period may be carried forward to the following renewal period, providing they do not exceed ten (10) hours in number.

(b)   Delinquency for continuing education hours may only be allowed in cases of hardship as determined on an individual basis by the Board. In all instances, hours of delinquency must be current at the end of the four year period following a period of delinquency.

(c)   Any practitioner fully retired from the practice of podiatric medicine shall be exempt from compliance of these requirements; however upon resuming the practice of podiatry, the individual shall fulfill such requirements of continuing education hours which have accrued from the effective date of retirement to the time of resumption of practice.

(d)   Non-resident podiatrist, who hold an Oklahoma license, but who do not actively practice in the State of Oklahoma, may substitute approved hours of continuing education from the state in which they practice as long as the qualifications are equal to or greater than the State of Oklahoma.

[Source: Amended at 12 Ok Reg 585, eff 11-28-94 (emergency); Amended at 12 Ok Reg 1253, eff 5-11-95; Amended at 31 Ok Reg 610, eff 1-29-14 (emergency); Amended at 31 Ok Reg 2158, eff 9-12-14]