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FAQs: LARA’s New Implicit Bias Training Requirement - June 1, 2022
The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) now requires implicit bias training for physicians and other health care professionals. The requirements apply to both new applicants as well as those renewing their existing licenses or registrations starting on June 1, 2022.
Below are some frequently asked questions and answers regarding the new training requirements:
What professions need to comply with this new rule regarding Implicit Bias Training?
All health care professions licensed or registered under the Michigan Public Health Code are required to take Implicit Bias Training. This includes medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, and physician assistants.
Are the MSMS Implicit Bias Training opportunities acceptable for other health care providers relicensure?
Yes, the MSMS Implicit Bias Training is acceptable for all health care professionals.
When does this requirement begin?
The new requirement took effect on June 1, 2022. If you renew on or after June 1, 2022, the training is required. The training is also required for all new applications for licensure received on or after
June 1, 2022.
How many hours of training do I need?
New Applicants for licensure are required to have completed 2 hours of implicit bias training within the 5 years immediately preceding issuance of the license or registration.
Renewing licensees are required to complete 1 hour
of implicit bias training for each year of their license or registration cycle. However, for initial renewal after June 1, 2021, licensees will only need to have 1 hour for each year since the rule’s promulgation date of June 1, 2021.
Subsequent renewals will require 1 hour of implicit bias training for each year of the license or registration cycle. For fully licensed physicians, this will be 3 hours for their 3-year license.
How is this training different from other mandated CME?
1. Trainingmustincludestrategiestoreducedisparitiesin access to and delivery of health care services.
2. Training must include the administration of pre- and post-test implicit bias assessments.
3. The training must have a live component.
Does watching a video meet the requirements of the training?
No. Solely recorded or archived content is not allowable, a live component is required that incorporates interaction among the participants (with each other and the instruc- tor). Acceptable modalities of training are a teleconference or webinar that permits live synchronous interaction, a live presentation, or an interactive online instruction.
BUYERS BEWARE!. Many professional medical educa- tion companies are racing to provide implicit bias content to meet Michigan relicensure requirements. While they claim they meet Michigan LARA requirements, most do not. Please make sure your class has a live component (meaning in-person) and a pre AND post implicit bias assessment is included.
What courses can I take through MSMS?
MSMS has many opportunities to meet your Implicit Bias Training needs from 1- 3 hours of education.
The MSMS Foundation worked with state-wide experts
in diversity and equity on a brand-new two-part monthly series, titled, “Reducing Unconscious Bias - an Imperative (RUBI): Foundation and Impacts on Patient Care,” which includes a one-hour on-demand video followed by a half- hour live webinar. To meet the implicit bias requirement, physicians will need to complete Part 1 and Part 2 to receive 1.5 AMA PRA Category Credit(s)TM.
After completing Part 1, participants may choose any of the following Part 2 sessions to complete the activity:
June 15, 2022
July 13, 2022 August 10, 2022 September 21, 2022 October 12, 2022
November 16, 2022 November 30, 2022
All sessions will run from 12:00-12:30 pm.
Additional 2022 opportunities can be found a:
https://www.msms.org/About-MSMS/News-Media/faqs-new- implicit-bias-training-requirement-june-1-2022
For more information on the implicit bias requirement or any other issues
regarding physician licensing, please contact Rebecca Blake, MSMS’s Senior
Third Quarter 2022
Director, Education, Foundation, and Subsidiaries, at (517) 336-5729.
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