Encourages Maine physicians and nurses to attend continuing education on infection-associated chronic conditions.
The bill mandates that Maine's Board of Osteopathic Licensure, the Board of Licensure in Medicine, and the State Board of Nursing encourage licensees and applicants for relicensure to attend continuing education on infection-associated chronic conditions. These conditions include long COVID, chronic Lyme disease, myalgic encephalomyelitis, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, and dysautonomia. The bill defines "long COVID" as a group of health problems persisting or developing after an initial COVID-19 infection.
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