MN HF2781

Health plan companies are prohibited from requiring physicians to maintain certification by nationally recognized accrediting organizations as a condition of payment, reimbursement, or network participation.

Health care facilities (hospitals, outpatient surgical centers, clinics) cannot differentiate between physicians based on maintenance of certification as a requirement or condition of employment, contracts, or staff privileges.

Exceptions apply if the facility's own national designation, certification, or accreditation is contingent on requiring specific maintenance of certification, limited only to those physicians whose certification is required for the facility's accreditation.

The Minnesota Board of Medicine cannot require maintenance of certification with periodic reexaminations as a qualification for physician licensure or license renewal.

Continuing medical education credits may still be required by the board as a condition for license renewal.