R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-54-22: Continuing medical education.

Every physician assistant licensed to practice within the state shall be required to have satisfactorily completed twenty-five (25) hours of approved continuing medical education annually. The annual period for accumulation of continuing-education hours commences on the first day of October and runs through the last day of September beginning in 1996. Beginning with the annual renewal period commencing the first day of October 1997, the administrator shall not renew the certificate of licensure until satisfactory evidence of the completion of the required continuing medical education is provided to the division.