California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 13.9 - Podiatric Medical Board of California
Article 2 - Licensing, Education and Certification
Section 1399.667 - Postgraduate Medical Education

Podiatric medical residencies approved by the board in accordance with Section 2484 of the code shall be those that meet the minimum requirements set by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education, have designated a Director of Medical Education, provide emergency medical training through emergency room rotations, measure and evaluate the progress of participants and program effectiveness, have at least a seventy-five per cent pass rate for residents taking the Part III exam of the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners within the most recent five-year period, and, in the board's determination, reasonably conform with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's Institutional Requirements of the Essentials of Accredited Residencies in Graduate Medical Education: Institutional and Program Requirements, as revised effective September 1998, which are incorporated by reference in their entirety.

Reasonable conformance means that, in applying such requirements, the podiatric medical equivalent should be substituted for references made to general medicine, as appropriate. For example, in regard to resident eligibility and selection, references to "graduates of medical schools accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education" should be interpreted as graduates of podiatric medical schools accredited by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education and approved by the Podiatric Medical Board of California.

If a residency program falls below the specified seventy-five per cent pass rate, the board may grant the program approval if it determines after review of reports submitted by the program or the board's own site visit team that the program is in reasonable conformance with all applicable requirements.

1. Renumbering of Section 1366.8 to Section 1399.667 filed 12-7-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No. 49).
2. Amendment filed 8-4-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 32).
3. Change without regulatory effect (Register 87, No. 15).
4. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 12-11-95; operative 1-10-96 (Register 95, No. 50).
5. Amendment of first paragraph, new subsection (b) and amendment of NOTE filed 8-21-98; operative 9-20-98 (Register 98, No. 34).
6. Amendment of first paragraph filed 11-7-2000; operative 12-7-2000 (Register 2000, No. 45).
7. Amendment of section heading and section filed 11-12-2003; operative 12-12-2003 (Register 2003, No. 46).
8. Change without regulatory effect amending second paragraph filed 8-28-2019 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2019, No. 35).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 2015, 2018 and 2470, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 2475, 2475.3 and 2484, Business and Professions Code.