Podiatry

Commissioner's Regulations

Part 65, Podiatry

§65.1 Professional study of podiatric medicine.

1. To meet the professional education requirements for licensure in this State, the applicant shall present evidence of:
   1. 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
   2. 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.
2. 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.

§65.2 Professional licensing examination.

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:

1. Examination for basic and clinical sciences.
   1. 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.
   2. 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.
2. 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.
3. The passing score on each part of the examination for basic and clinical sciences shall be 75.0 as determined by the board.
4. The passing score on the examination for entry-level clinical skills shall be 75.0 as determined by the board.

§65.3 Experience.

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.

§65.4 Narcotics.

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:

1. have graduated from a college of podiatric medicine on or after May 1, 1972; or
2. 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.

§65.5 Continuing education.

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.