License: Podiatrist

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1867 Crane Ridge Dr.

Suite 200-B

Jackson, MS 39216

(601) 987-3079

General Information and definitions of terms: PODIATRY DEFINED: (1) The practice of podiatric medicine is that profession concerned with the prevention, examination, diagnosis and medical, surgical and adjuvant treatment of conditions of the human foot. For the purposes of this chapter, "foot" means that part of the human anatomy which consists of the tarsal bones, metatarsal bones and phalanges. (2) A podiatrist is a medical care provider who engages in the practice of podiatric medicine. (3) A podiatrist may prescribe and administer drugs and tests, excluding general and spinal anesthesia that are essential to the practice of podiatric medicine when used for or in connection with treatment of disorders of the human foot. For the purpose of these rules, the following terms have the meanings indicated: A. “Board” means the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure. B. “Physician” means any person with a valid doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy or doctor of podiatry degree. C. “LCME” means the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, the organization recognized by the American Medical Association for accrediting American medical schools. D. “ACGME” means Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education. E. “RCPSC” means Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. F. “ABMS” means American Board of Medical Specialties. G. “AMA” means the American Medical Association. H. “FSMB” means the Federation of State Medical Boards. I. “FLEX” means the Federation Licensing Examination administered through the FSMB. J. “NBME” means National Board of Medical Examiners. K. “USMLE” means United States Medical Licensing Examination administered jointly through the FSMB and NBME. L. “SPEX” means the Special Purpose Examination administered through the FSMB. SPEX is a cognitive examination assisting licensing jurisdictions in their assessment of current competence requisite for general, undifferentiated medical practice by physicians who hold or have held a valid license in a U.S. jurisdiction. SPEX is made available through the Federation of State Medical Boards. M. “NBOME” means the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners. N. “COMLEX” means the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination administered through the NBOME. O. “COMVEX” means the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Variable-Purpose Examination administered through the NBOME. COMVEX-USA is the evaluative instrument offered to osteopathic physicians who need to demonstrate current osteopathic medical knowledge. COMVEX-USA is made available through the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners P. “AOA” means American Osteopathic Association. Q. “LMCC” means Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada. R. “APMA” means American Podiatric Medical Association. S. “ABPM” means American Board of Podiatric Medicine. T. “ABPS” means American Board of Podiatric Surgery. U. “FPMB” means Federation of Podiatric Medical Boards. V. “CPME” means Council on Podiatric Medical Education. W. “NBPME” means National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners. X. “APMLE” means American Podiatric Medical Licensing Examination administered through the NBPME. Y. “NPDB” means National Practitioner Data Bank. Z. “ECFMG” means the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates. AA. “Foreign Medical School” means any medical college or college of osteopathic medicine located outside the United States, Canada or Puerto Rico. BB. “IMED” means International Medical Education Directory. CC. “Good Moral Character” as applied to an applicant, means that the applicant has not, prior to or during the pendency of an application to the Board, been guilty of any act, omission, condition or circumstance which would provide legal cause under Sections 73-25-29 or 73-25-83, Mississippi Code, for the suspension or revocation of medical licensure DD. Telemedicine” is the practice of medicine using electronic communication, information technology or other means between a physician in one location and a patient in another location with or without an intervening health care provider. This definition does not include the practice of medicine through postal or courier services. EE. Telemergency medicine” is a unique combination of telemedicine and the collaborative/consultative role of a physician board certified in emergency medicine, and an appropriate skilled health professional (nurse practitioner or physician assistant). General Licensing Requirements of all Applicants: All applicants for license shall have attained the age of twenty-one (21) years, and shall be of good moral character; they shall have had at least four (4) years high school and be graduates of same; they shall have at least one (1) year pre-podiatry college education and be graduates of some college of podiatry recognized as being in good standing by the State Board of Medical Licensure. No college of podiatry or chiropody shall be accredited by the Board as a college of good standing that does not require for graduation a course of study of at least four (4) years (eight and one-half (8 ½) months each) and be recognized by the Council on Education of the American Podiatry Association. However, all podiatrists actively engaged in the practice of podiatry in the state of Mississippi, prior to January 1, 1938, whether graduates or not, shall, upon furnishing proof thereof by displaying their state privilege tax license to the Secretary of the State Board of Medical Licensure, and upon payment of fee of Ten Dollars and Twenty-five Cents ($10.25), be entitled to a license without an examination, and applications for the license shall be filed not later than sixty (60) days after the passage of this chapter. Upon payment of a fee prescribed by the State Board of Medical Licensure, not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), a license without examination may be issued to podiatrists of other states maintaining equal statutory requirements for the practice of podiatry and extending the same reciprocal privileges to this state. The State Board of Medical Licensure may affiliate with the National Board of Chiropody or Podiatry Licensure in granting licenses to practice podiatry in Mississippi, provided the written examination covers at least two-thirds (2/3) of the subjects set forth in Section 73-27-9 of applicable MS Law. The issuance of a license by reciprocity to a military-trained applicant or military spouse shall be subject to the provisions of Section 73-50-1 of applicable MS law. To qualify for a Mississippi podiatry license, an applicant must have successfully been cleared for licensure through an investigation that shall consist of a determination as to good moral character and verification that the prospective licensee is not guilty of or in violation of any statutory ground for denial of licensure as set forth in Section 73-27-13. To assist the Board in conducting its licensure investigation, all applicants shall undergo a fingerprintbased criminal history records check of the Mississippi central criminal database and the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history database. Each applicant shall submit a full set of the applicant’s fingerprints in a form and manner prescribed by the Board, which shall be forwarded to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (Department) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Identification Division for this purpose. Any and all state or national criminal history records information obtained by the Board that is not already a matter of public record shall be deemed nonpublic and confidential information restricted to the exclusive use of the Board, its members, officers, investigators, agents and attorneys in evaluating the applicant’s eligibility or disqualification for licensure, and shall be exempt from the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983. Except when introduced into evidence in a hearing before the Board to determine licensure, no such information or records related thereto shall, except with the written consent of the applicant or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, be released or otherwise disclosed by the Board to any other person or agency. The Board shall charge and collect from the applicant, in addition to all other applicable fees and costs, such amount as may be incurred by the Board in requesting and obtaining state and national criminal history records information on the applicant. Each application or filing made under this section shall include the social security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section 93-11-64 of applicable MS law. All examinations shall be held concurrently with the regular examinations of the State Board of Medical Licensure. Any person not exempt from examination under Section 73-27-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, and desiring a license to practice podiatry shall, upon application to the State Board of Medical Licensure and payment of a fee prescribed by the State Board of Medical Licensure, not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), be examined in the following subjects: anatomy, histology, physiology, chemistry, pharmacy, materia medica, therapeutics, bacteriology, pathology, surgery, dermatology, neurology, physical therapy, diagnosis and roentgenology, orthopedics, chiropody and chiropodical surgery, limited in their scope to the treatment of the human foot and leg, and if found qualified shall receive a license. The minimum of requirements for license shall be a general average of seventy-five percent (75%) of all the subjects involved, provided that a grade of not less than sixty percent (60%) be made on any one (1) subject or branch given in the examination held. Applicants examined and being refused a license shall be entitled to reexamination upon payment of an additional fee prescribed by the State Board of Medical Licensure, not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), for each examination. Except as provided in Section 33-1-39, the license of every person licensed to practice podiatry in the state of Mississippi shall be renewed annually. On or before May 1 of each year, the Board shall mail a notice of renewal of license to every podiatrist to whom a license was issued or renewed during the current licensing year. The notice shall provide instructions for obtaining and submitting applications for renewal. The State Board of Medical Licensure is authorized to make applications for renewal available via electronic means. The applicant shall obtain and complete the application and submit it to the Board in the manner prescribed by the Board in the notice before June 30 with the renewal fee of an amount established by the Board, but not to exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), a portion of which fee shall be used to support a program to aid impaired podiatrists. Upon receipt of the application and fee, the Board shall verify the accuracy of the application and issue to applicant a certificate of renewal for the ensuing year, beginning July 1 and expiring June 30 of the succeeding calendar year. That renewal shall render the holder thereof a legal practitioner as stated on the renewal form. EXCEPTIONS: This chapter shall not apply to physicians or surgeons licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in the state of Mississippi, nor to physicians or surgeons of the United States Army, Navy or the United States Public Health Service, when in actual performance of their duties or to legally registered podiatrists of another state taking charge of the practice of a locally registered podiatrist of this state, temporarily during the latter's absence therefrom, by written permission of the Secretary of the State Board of Medical Licensure.