Verifying your professional standing every five years is critical for maintaining your status as an ABCRS certified physician.
Two pieces of documentation are required to complete your professional standing requirements.
Certification is contingent upon medical licensure. You must hold a valid, unrestricted medical license in at least one jurisdiction in the United States, its territories, or Canada. If more than one license is held, all licenses should meet the requirements.
ABMS provides licenses for U.S. diplomates. If you have a Canadian license, you must send a copy to the ABCRS office via email, fax, or mail.
Should a Medical license become encumbered (i.e., restricted, revoked, or suspended) at any time during the certification period, the Board shall undertake proceedings consistent with due process to revoke the certificate.
The Chief of Staff Evaluation and Hospital Privileges form have been combined into one form. (You need to Log into your MOC profile to Print the form)
Evaluation and Hospital Privileges form – Find Part I on your MOC timetable. Find Evaluation and Hospital Privileges form and Click on Print – The Print button is located underneath the column of the year that Part I is due. The Chief of Staff or similar official at the primary institution where the applicant holds unrestricted colorectal and/or general surgical privileges, must complete and sign the form. The authenticating official should return it to the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery via email, fax or US mail to the address below.
Upon receipt of both your:
1.) Verification Full Licensure (medical license)
2.) Evaluation and Hospital Privileges form
The ABCRS staff will indicate Yes , Part I Complete, Year Complete in your personal MOC profile under the year the requirement is due which will turn green. Yellow signifies requirement is due. Green signifies requirement is complete.
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
20600 Eureka Road, Suite 600
Taylor, MI 48180
(734) 282-9402 – Fax
Email abcrsadmin@abcrs.org
If you do not have your username and password, call the board office at 734-282-9400.
This is your personal timetable that charts your continuing certification components and requirements. Detailed instructions for completing each step are located in your Continuing Certification timetable. (Please note the yellow boxes indicate which year your requirement is due.)
The American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery does not give CME credits for successfully completing examinations, however, Certification and Maintenance of Certification Examinations are eligible for American Medical Association Physician Recognition Award (AMA PRA) Category I credits awarded directly by the AMA. A copy of the board certificate or the specialty board notification letter must be submitted to the AMA as documentation. The current assignment is sixty (60) AMA PRA Category I Credits. Questions may be directed to cme@ama-assn.org. Resources are also available online at www.ama.assn.org/.
For additional resources from the American Medical Association (AMA) to obtain CME credit that can be applied to Part II of ABCRS Continuing Certification.
This link will take you to the Education portion on the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons website. Category I CME can be applied to Part II of ABCRS Continuing Certification.
Unethical and unprofessional behavior is denoted by any dishonest behavior, including: cheating; lying; falsifying information; misrepresenting one’s educational background, certification status and/or professional experience; and failure to report misconduct. The American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery has adopted a “zero tolerance” policy toward these behaviors, and individuals caught exhibiting such behaviors risk being permanently barred from certification, reported to state medical boards, and/or legally prosecuted for copyright or other violations.
Unethical behavior is specifically defined by the ABCRS to include the disclosure, publication, reproduction or transmission of ABCRS examinations, in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, verbal or written, electronic or mechanical, for any purposes. This also extends to sharing examination information or discussing an examination while still in progress. Unethical behavior also includes the possession, reproduction or disclosure of materials or information, including examination questions or answers or specific information regarding the content of the examination, before, during or after the examination. This definition specifically includes the recall and reconstruction of examination questions by any means and such efforts may violate federal copyright law. All ABCRS examinations are copyrighted and protected by law; the ABCRS will prosecute violations to the full extent provided by law and seek monetary damages for any loss of examination materials.
