(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Continuing medical education" means continued postgraduate medical education intended to provide medical professionals with knowledge of new developments in their field;
(b) "Maintenance of certification" means any process requiring periodic recertification examinations to maintain specialty medical board certification;
(c) "Maintenance of licensure" means the proprietary framework for physician license renewal established through the Federation of State Medical Boards or its successor organization, which includes additional periodic testing other than continuing medical education; and (d) "Specialty medical board certification" means certification by a board that specializes in one (1) particular area of medicine and typically requires additional and more strenuous examinations than the State Board of Medical Licensure's requirements to practice medicine.
(2) The board shall not require any form of maintenance of licensure as a condition of physician licensure, including requiring any form of maintenance of licensure tied to maintenance of certification. The board's regular requirements, including continuing medical education, shall suffice to demonstrate professional competency.
(3) The board shall not require any form of specialty medical board certification or any maintenance of certification to practice medicine in Kentucky.