Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB412: AN ACT relating to physician continuing medical education.
Status: In committee, January 23, 2026
Amend KRS 311.601 to require physicians to receive at least 3 hours of continuing medical education every 3 years related to mental health recognition and treatment.
What the bill says
An act relating to physician continuing medical education.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to physician continuing medical education. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 311.601 is amended to read as follows: (1) The board may promulgate[adopt] reasonable administrative[rules and] regulations to effectuate and implement[ the provisions of] KRS 311.550 to 311.620, including but not limited to administrative regulations designed to ensure the continuing professional competency of present and future licensees. As an adjunct to the power conferred upon the board by this section, the board may require licensees to submit to interrogation as to the nature and extent of their postgraduate medical education and to require licensees found to be deficient in their efforts to keep abreast of new methods and technology, to obtain additional instruction and training therein. (2) As part of the continuing medical education which the board adopts to ensure continuing professional competency of present and future licensees, the board shall ensure that: (a) Current practicing pediatricians, including those certified in medicine and pediatrics, radiologists, family practitioners, and those physicians practicing in an emergency medicine or urgent care setting, demonstrate completion of a one (1) time course of at least one (1) hour of continuing medical education approved by the board and covering the recognition and prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma, as defined in KRS 620.020, prior …
Sponsors
- Tina Bojanowski (D, HD-032) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : to Health Services (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Health Care Professionals, Pollution, Administrative Regulations And Proceedings, Mental Health
Common questions
- What is HB412?
- HB412 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to physician continuing medical education.
- What does HB412 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to physician continuing medical education.
- What is the status of HB412?
- In committee as of January 23, 2026. Latest action: to Health Services (H) (January 23, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB412?
- Tina Bojanowski (D, HD-032).
- Where is the official record for HB412?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb412.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.