CT HB06522

Physicians must earn a minimum of 50 contact hours of continuing medical education within each 24-month license renewal period, effective July 1, 2019.

Continuing medical education must include at least one contact hour in each of six mandatory topics: infectious diseases, risk management, sexual assault, domestic violence, cultural competency, and behavioral health.

Beginning October 1, 2019, physicians' risk management continuing education may include screening for inflammatory breast cancer and gastrointestinal cancers (colon, gastric, pancreatic, neuroendocrine, and other rare gastrointestinal tumors).

Starting January 1, 2016, behavioral health education must include at least two contact hours on mental health conditions common to veterans and their family members, including post-traumatic stress disorder, suicide risk, depression, and suicide prevention training.

The commissioner may waive up to 10 contact hours of continuing education for physicians serving on the Connecticut Medical Examining Board, medical hearing panels, or assisting the department with board duties.