Podiatry
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Commissioner's Regulations
Part 65, Podiatry
- To meet the professional education requirements for licensure
in this State, the applicant shall present evidence of:
- the completion of a program in podiatric medicine registered
by the department, or completion of a program in podiatric
medicine determined by the department to be the equivalent of a
registered program; and
- having received the degree Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, or
the equivalent as determined by the department, from a school
offering a program which meets the requirements of paragraph (1)
of this subdivision.
- Courses failed in a school of podiatric medicine, for which
credit has been granted toward meeting the requirements of a
degree in podiatric medicine awarded by another school of
podiatric medicine, may not be counted toward meeting the
requirements of this section.
Each applicant for licensure who meets the requirements of
section 65.1(a) of this Part shall pass an examination in the
basic and clinical sciences and an entry-level clinical skills
examination in accordance with the following:
- Examination for basic and clinical sciences.
- An applicant who is a graduate of a school of podiatric
medicine acceptable to the department may fulfill the examination
requirement in the basic and clinical sciences by submitting
evidence of having achieved grades acceptable to the department
on Part I and Part II of the examination of the National Board of
Podiatric Medical Examiners, Inc. or an examination determined to
be comparable in content that does not unreasonably restrict
access to the profession.
- The department may accept licensure examinations in the basic
and clinical sciences of other states given prior to January 1,
1972 as fulfilling the written examination requirements for
licensure.
- Examination for entry-level clinical skills. All applicants
for licensure who are graduates of schools of podiatric medicine
acceptable to the department shall also be required to pass the
Podiatric Medical Licensure Examination for States (PM Lexis) or
an examination determined to be comparable in content that does
not unreasonably restrict access to the profession.
- The passing score on each part of the examination for basic
and clinical sciences shall be 75.0 as determined by the
board.
- The passing score on the examination for entry-level clinical
skills shall be 75.0 as determined by the board.
For issuance of a license to practice podiatry, all
individuals who apply for licensure on or after July 1, 2000
shall have completed at least one year of supervised postgraduate
hospital training in podiatry which is acceptable to the
department. To be acceptable, such training shall be approved by
the Council on Podiatric Medical Education or an equivalent
organization which is acceptable to the department, or shall be
approved by the department based on a review of the postgraduate
hospital training, including but not limited to an examination of
the following: the resources of the sponsoring institution, the
teaching staff, the program design, the criteria for the
selection of residents, the duties and responsibilities of
residents, and the supervision of residents. Such one year of
supervised postgraduate hospital training in podiatry shall mean
a period of not less than 11 calendar months of full-time
training or the equivalent, as determined by the department.
To be certified to administer or prescribe narcotics as
authorized under section 7001 of the Education Law, a podiatrist
licensed to practice in New York shall either:
- have graduated from a college of podiatric medicine on or
after May 1, 1972; or
- have graduated from a college of podiatric medicine prior to
May 1, 1972 and successfully completed a 12-hour program of study
of narcotics as applicable to podiatric practice offered by a
college of podiatric medicine and approved by the
department.
- A program of continuing education, within the meaning of
subdivision (9) of section 7004 of the Education Law, shall
consist of courses of instruction approved in advance by the
State Board for Podiatry. The instructors of such courses shall
be members of the faculty of a college of podiatric medicine
accredited by the Council of Education of the American Podiatry
Association, or authorities in the health sciences specially
qualified, in the opinion of the State Board for Podiatry, to
conduct such courses.
- The person or organization conducting any such course shall
submit a request for advance approval on forms provided by the
department, and shall maintain such records concerning the course
of instruction, the faculty, the enrollment and participation of
podiatrists in such course, and such other matters as may be
required by the State Board for Podiatry. The person conducting
such course shall submit to the State Board for Podiatry, within
60 days after completion thereof, the names of those podiatrists
who have participated, together with the number of hours each has
satisfactorily completed.
- To qualify for reregistration, a podiatrist shall have
completed 1-4/10 hours of continuing education coursework for
each month of the preceding registration period in which the
podiatrist was registered to practice. The coursework must be
taken from a provider approved by the department. To qualify for
reregistration, at least two thirds of the continuing education
coursework shall be in the areas of podiatric medicine and
surgery. The remaining hours may be in the areas of health
sciences and ethics related to the practice of podiatry.
- An applicant for reregistration who is unable to meet the
continuing education requirement due to circumstances beyond his
control may apply to the board for a waiver of all or part of
such requirement. The board may, in its discretion, require the
completion of additional hours of continuing education in the
succeeding registration period.
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