Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The advisory committee is hereby
authorized by the board to:
1. advise and
assist the board in the ongoing evaluation of the podiatric licensing and other
competency examinations required by the board;
2. assist the board in examining the
qualifications and credentials of and interviewing applicants for podiatric
licensure and making recommendations thereon to the board;
3. provide advice and recommendations to the
board respecting the modification, amendment, and supplementation of rules and
regulations;
4. serve as a liaison
between and among the board, podiatrists and podiatry professional
associations;
5. receive
reimbursement for attendance at board meetings and for other expenses when
specifically authorized by the board; and
6. advise and assist the board in the review
and approval of continuing professional education programs and licensee
satisfaction of continuing professional education requirements for renewal of
licensure, as prescribed by Subchapter J of these rules, including the
authority and responsibility to:
a. evaluate
organizations and entities providing or offering to provide continuing
professional education programs for podiatrists and providing recommendations
to the board with respect to the board's recognition and approval of such
organizations and entities as sponsors of qualifying continuing professional
education programs and activities pursuant to
§1375 of this Chapter;
b. review documentation of continuing
professional education by podiatrists, verify the accuracy of such
documentation, and evaluate and make recommendations to the board with respect
to whether programs and activities supplied by applicants for renewal of
licensure comply with and satisfy the standards for such programs and
activities prescribed by these rules; and
c. request and obtain from applicants for
renewal of licensure such additional information as the advisory committee may
deem necessary or appropriate to enable it to make the evaluations and provide
the recommendations for which the committee is responsible.
B. In discharging the
functions authorized under this Section the advisory committee and the
individual members thereof shall, when acting within the scope of such
authority, be deemed agents of the board. All information obtained by the
advisory committee members pursuant to
§1369. A.2 shall be
considered confidential. Advisory committee members are prohibited from
communicating, disclosing, or in any way releasing to anyone, other than the
board, any information or documents obtained when acting as agents of the board
without first obtaining written authorization of the board.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
37:1270,
37:611-37:628.
