No request for reinstatement of Certification or Diplomate status or other relief from a revocation, suspension, sanction or other disciplinary action taken or otherwise imposed on a Diplomate pursuant to this Policies and Procedures Manual shall be accepted by the Board for a period of two (2) years after the decision is rendered by the Board, unless the terms and conditions of the sanction imposed by the Board allows for a shorter period within which the former Diplomate may seek reinstatement.

Requests for reinstatement of Certification or Diplomate status shall be reviewed by the full Board and the Board shall have the sole power and authority to determine whether the information and documentation is sufficient to grant the requested reinstatement. Such review will require payment by the former Diplomate seeking reinstatement of the then-current initial Certification application fee. The request for reinstatement should be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer of the Board at its office in Chicago, Illinois and must be sent by Certified Mail or Overnight Mail. The written request should provide all relevant information, supporting documentation, and must be accompanied by the then-current reinstatement fee.

Reinstatement will be on a case-by-case basis but, in each instance, the following general criteria will be included as part of the process.

1. The reason for the revocation, suspension or other sanction of the former Diplomate’s Certificate has been removed, resolved or otherwise satisfied.
2. The former Diplomate must hold an active, valid and unrestricted medical license in all states, US territories, or Canadian provinces in which the former Diplomate is licensed to practice medicine at the time of reinstatement.
3. The former Diplomate has completed 100 CME credits within the previous five years, 30 credits of which must be specific to the former Diplomate’s ABPM Certification(s).
4. The former Diplomate must have completed a quality improvement activity offered through any of the Preventive Medicine Specialty Societies within the previous five years.
5. The former Diplomate must have completed one Patient Safety Course within the previous five years.
6. The Diplomate has paid ABPM the then-current reinstatement fee.

Any former Diplomate who has not achieved the above requirements shall have 24 months from the time of submitting a request for Reinstatement within which to complete these requirements. Thereafter, and if the former Diplomate has not achieved these requirements within this 24-month window, that former Diplomate’s request for reinstatement of Certification shall be denied by the ABPM and such denial shall be made part of the former Diplomate’s electronic file.

Determinations made by the Board pursuant to this subsection 5.7 shall be binding on the Board and the former Diplomate and not subject to further review.

A reinstated Certificate will be dated from the effective date of the Board’s reinstatement and, subject to the Diplomate’s continued compliance with all licensure requirements, the ABPM’s Policies and Procedures Manual, and all other ABPM Certification requirements and policies as they may exist from time to time, will remain valid through December 31 on the tenth year from the date the Diplomate’s Certificate was most recently issued/renewed prior to it being revoked, suspended or sanctioned by the Board.

All reinstated Certificates shall be subject to the Bylaws, all licensure requirements, the ABPM’s Policies and Procedures Manual, and all other ABPM Certification requirements and policies as they may exist from time to time.

Reinstatement of Non-Time-Limited Certificates (Certificates with no expiration date)

Requests for reinstatement of a Non-Time-Limited Certificate shall be governed by subsection 5.7 of this Policies and Procedures Manual.

In the event a Diplomate holding a Non-Time-Limited Certificate has such Certificate revoked or suspended pursuant to this Policies and Procedures Manual, such Certificate, if reinstated by the Board, shall become a Time-Limited Certificate. The Diplomate’s Time-Limited Certificate will have an effective date beginning on the first day of the month after the date of reinstatement and, subject to the Diplomate’s continued compliance with all licensure requirements, the ABPM’s Policies and Procedures Manual, and all other ABPM Certification requirements and policies as they may exist from time to time (including but not limited to CCP requirements), will remain valid through a date certain as determined by the Board in its sole and absolute discretion.