Physician Sanctioned for Not Completing End-of-Life Care CME

West Virginia, like New Jersey and many other states, requires that physicians complete a certain number of CME credits in end-of-life care.  The West Virginia Board of Medicine recently sanctioned Michael W. Brown for falsely representing, in 2002, that he had completed this CME requirement.  

Late last month, the Kanawha County Circuit Court reversed and vacated the Board's order.  The Court found that Dr. Brown believed in good faith that his coursework satisfied the then-existing requirements.  Still, it is nice to see this CME requirement is being enforced.