1998 Minnesota Statutes

     147A.25 Continuing education cycles. 

    During each two-year cycle each physician assistant shall 
 obtain 50 hours of continuing medical education credit with at 
 least two hours in the subject of infection control, including 
 blood borne diseases.  "Infection control" means programs, 
 procedures, and methods to reduce the transmission of agents of 
 infection for the purpose of preventing or decreasing the 
 incidence of infectious diseases.  "Blood borne diseases" means 
 diseases that are spread through exposure to, inoculation of, or 
 injection of blood, or through exposure to blood contained in 
 body fluids, tissue, or organs.  Blood borne diseases include 
 infection caused by such agents as the human immunodeficiency 
 virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV).  Infection control 
 continuing education credits must be obtained from the category 
 1 activities.  Continuing education in infection control is 
 required for renewal periods beginning on or after October 1, 
 1995.  For initial continuing education periods of less than two 
 years, one continuing education hour in infection control is 
 required for each remaining full year. 

    HIST: 1995 c 205 art 1 s 23