Timelines and Fees
For Diplomates with Certificates Valid from 2001 to 2011
Educational Plan:
The diplomate should develop a specific educational plan which relates his/her practice profile, local needs assessment, and self-assessment to a personal agenda for the acquisition of CME, self-assessment modules, and practice quality improvement activities during the MOC cycle.
CME (LL/SA CME):
- All must be in Category 1.
- 70% or more must be in diagnostic radiology or its subspecialties.
- 30% may be in clinically-related general areas or relevant general topics such as risk assessment, ethics, processes of continuous quality improvement, methodologies of measurement outcomes, statistics, etc.
SAM (LL/SA SAM):
- Four or more SAMs must be non-interpretive skills.
- Six or more SAMs must be in the specialty-specific or related areas.
- For each subspecialty certificate that a diplomate holds, they need to complete six SAMs that are subspecialty-specific.
- Self-assessment Module (SAM) CME may count toward the CME requirement, as well as fulfilling the SAM requirement.
- For the purpose of ABR-MOC, time-limited certificate holders are expected to start acquiring CME and SAMs in 2007. In cycles beginning in 2006 and later, there will be no prorating of requirements as the MOC program will be fully implemented.
The American Board of Radiology has recently added a provision to the current MOC participation policy regarding the number of years that can be "made up" in MOC requirements. This new provision allows you to complete and record triple (up to three years) the annual MOC requirement in one calendar year. For more information please see the Participation Policy Proviso .
| LICENSE | LL/SA CME | LL/SA SAM | COGNITIVE EXAM | PQI | FEE |
 2002 |
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| Keep current and unrestricted | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| 2003 |
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| Keep current and unrestricted | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| 2004 |
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| Keep current and unrestricted | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| 2005 |
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| Keep current and unrestricted | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| 2006 |
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| Keep current and unrestricted | Possible start | Possible start | NA | $383 | |
MOC Fully Implemented
| Criteria at End Cycle: 2007 |
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| Keep current and unrestricted | Earn 25 CME | Do 2 SAMs | Learn about PQI process | $383 | |
| Criteria at End Cycle: 2008 |
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| Keep current and unrestricted | Earn 25 CME | Do 2 SAMs | Attest to annual participation | $383 | |
| Criteria at End Cycle: 2009 |
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| Keep current and unrestricted | Earn 25 CME | Do 2 SAMs | Register for exam; take if desired | Attest to annual participation | $383 |
| Criteria at End Cycle: 2010 |
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| Keep current and unrestricted | Earn 25 CME | Do 2 SAMs | Register for exam; take if desired | Attest to annual participation | $383 |
| Criteria at End Cycle: 2011 |
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| Keep current and unrestricted | Earn 25 CME | Do 2 SAMs | Must pass exam no later than year-end | Attest to annual participation | $383 |
| VALID LICENSE | 125 CME EARNED | 10 SAMs DONE | EXAM PASSED | PROJECT(S) COMPLETED | $2300 PAID |
