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Welcome to the
Bucks County Medical Society
Doctor's Bulletin Board
for the
Physician
This morning, Judd asked: "If a physician is audited by the State Board, and is found to have insufficient
CME, is the physician given a chance to make it up and avoid a fine? Just wondering if there is a chance for us
to offer our CME services to docs who need 'remedial CME.'"
I just wanted to share the response from Jerry Smith, counsel to the State Board of Medicine with the rest of you,
as it is pretty important information.
Jerry said if a physician is found to be short on their CME there would be disciplinary action against license,
a civil penalty based on how short the physician is in hours, the physician would be required to make up the CME,
and there would be the potential for fraud charges for lying on their renewal application. Each penalty can go
up to $10,000. The disciplinary action on their license is probably the bigger concern to physicians as it becomes
public information and is reported to the National Practitioner Database.
Good question, Judd. If there are any further questions regarding this issue, please contact me.
Catherine Wilson
Regulatory Affairs
Pennsylvania Medical Society
800-228-7823 ext 1465
Serving the Physicians and Residents of
Bucks County PA since 1848
