ARTICLE 22. Podiatric Medicine
Article 22 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.
§§ 2460–2499.8 · 43 sections
- § 2460 (a) There is created in the Department of Consumer Affairs the Podiatric Medical Board of California. Any reference in any provision of law to the California…
- § 2460.1 Notwithstanding any other law, the repeal of Section 2460 renders the Podiatric Medical Board of California subject to review by the appropriate policy…
- § 2460.2 Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Podiatric Medical Board of California in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary…
- § 2461 (a) As used in this article: (1) “Board” means the Podiatric Medical Board of California. (2) “Podiatric licensing authority” refers to any officer, board,…
- § 2462 The board shall consist of seven members, three of whom shall be public members. Not more than one member of the board shall be a full-time faculty member of a…
- § 2463 Each member of the board, except the public members, shall be appointed from persons having all of the following qualifications: (a) Be a citizen of this state…
- § 2464 The public members shall be appointed from persons having all of the following qualifications: (a) Be a citizen of this state for at least five years next…
- § 2465 No person who directly or indirectly owns any interest in any college, school, or other institution engaged in podiatric medical instruction shall be appointed…
- § 2466 All members of the board shall be appointed for terms of four years. Vacancies shall immediately be filled by the appointing power for the unexpired portion of…
- § 2467 (a) The board may convene from time to time as it deems necessary. (b) Four members of the board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any…
- § 2468 Notice of each meeting of the board shall be given in accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1…
- § 2469 Each member of the board shall receive per diem and expenses as provided in Section 2016.
- § 2470 The board may adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of…
- § 2471 Except as provided by Section 159.5, the board may employ, within the limits of the funds received by the board, all personnel necessary to carry out this…
- § 2472 (a) The certificate to practice podiatric medicine authorizes the holder to practice podiatric medicine. (b) As used in this chapter, “podiatric medicine”…
- § 2473 (a) A doctor of podiatric medicine may independently prescribe and administer influenza and COVID-19 vaccines, consistent with recommendations adopted pursuant…
- § 2474 (a) Any person who uses in any sign or in any advertisement or otherwise, the word or words “doctor of podiatric medicine,” “doctor of podiatry,” “podiatric…
- § 2475 Unless otherwise provided by law, no postgraduate trainee, intern, resident postdoctoral fellow, or instructor may engage in the practice of podiatric…
- § 2475.1 Before a resident’s license may be issued, each applicant shall show by evidence satisfactory to the board, submitted directly to the board by the national…
- § 2475.2 As used in this article, “podiatric residency” means a program of supervised postgraduate clinical training, one year or more in duration, approved by the…
- § 2475.3 (a) The board shall approve podiatric residency programs, as defined in Section 2475.2, in the field of podiatric medicine, for persons who are applicants for…
- § 2476 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a regularly matriculated student undertaking a course of professional instruction in an approved college…
- § 2477 Nothing in this chapter prohibits the manufacture, the recommendation, or the sale of either corrective shoes or appliances for the human feet.
- § 2479 The board shall issue a certificate to practice podiatric medicine to each applicant who meets the requirements of this chapter. Every applicant for a…
- § 2480 The board shall have full authority to investigate and to evaluate each applicant applying for a certificate to practice podiatric medicine and to make a…
- § 2481 Each applicant who commenced professional instruction in podiatric medicine after September 1, 1959, shall show by an official transcript or other official…
- § 2483 (a) Each applicant for a certificate to practice podiatric medicine shall show by an official transcript or other official evidence satisfactory to the board…
- § 2484 In addition to any other requirements of this chapter, before a certificate to practice podiatric medicine may be issued, each applicant shall show by evidence…
- § 2486 The board shall issue a certificate to practice podiatric medicine if the applicant has submitted directly to the board from the credentialing organizations…
- § 2488 The board shall issue a certificate to practice podiatric medicine by credentialing if the applicant has submitted directly to the board from the credentialing…
- § 2492 (a) The board shall examine every applicant for a certificate to practice podiatric medicine to ensure a minimum of entry-level competence at the time and…
- § 2493 An applicant for a certificate to practice podiatric medicine shall pass an examination in the subjects required by Section 2483 in order to ensure a minimum…
- § 2495 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board may delegate to officials of the board the authority to approve the admission of applicants to…
- § 2496 In order to ensure the continuing competence of persons licensed to practice podiatric medicine, the board shall adopt and administer regulations requiring…
- § 2496.5 Any vaccine training program provided through the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including courses that were completed by a licensed…
- § 2497 (a) The board may order the denial of an application for, or the suspension of, or the revocation of, or the imposition of probationary conditions upon, a…
- § 2497.5 (a) The board may request the administrative law judge, under his or her proposed decision in resolution of a disciplinary proceeding before the board, to…
- § 2498 (a) The board shall have the responsibility for reviewing the quality of podiatric medical practice carried out by persons licensed to practice podiatric…
- § 2499 (a) There is in the State Treasury the Board of Podiatric Medicine Fund. Commencing July 1, 2019, the Board of Podiatric Medicine Fund is renamed the Podiatric…
- § 2499.5 The following fees apply to certificates to practice podiatric medicine. The amount of fees prescribed for doctors of podiatric medicine shall be determined by…
- § 2499.6 The fees in this article shall be fixed by the board in accordance with Section 313.1.
- § 2499.7 (a) Certificates to practice podiatric medicine shall expire at midnight on the last day of the birth month of the licensee during the second year of a…
- § 2499.8 Any licensee who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the board that he or she is unable to practice podiatric medicine due to a disability may request a waiver…