(1)
Licensure by Examination.
(a) An applicant must submit a completed
application to the Board. An application shall include verification of
graduation from an approved college of podiatric medicine and the original
results of the applicant's American Podiatric Medical Licensing Examination,
administered by the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners.
(b) An applicant shall present to the Board
satisfactory proof that he or she has served and satisfactorily completed a
residency, of at least one year in duration, in a duly-licensed clinic,
hospital, institution, facility or program approved by the Board. In lieu of a
residency, the Board will accept a preceptorship program if the following
conditions are satisfied:
1. The Board has
reviewed and approved the preceptorship program.
2. The applicant may be required to submit a
log of duties and responsibilities, including surgical cases, general work and
educational courses, during the preceptorship.
3. The preceptorship is at least one year in
duration.
The Board may waive the residency requirements in
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CMR 3.01(1)(b) and (2) for
an applicant who submits documentation sufficient to demonstrate, to the
Board's satisfaction, that the applicant was licensed in another state prior to
1995 and that the other state did not require residency or preceptorship on the
date the applicant was licensed.
(c) The applicant must submit three original
letters attesting to the applicant's good moral character from individuals who
have known the applicant for at least three years. None of these individuals
may be a relative of the applicant.
(d) The applicant must pass Part I and Part
II of the American Podiatric Medical Licensing Examination (the APMLE) and Part
III (formerly known as the PMLexis examination), or other equivalent
examinations approved by the Board, and pass the Massachusetts Jurisprudence
Examination.
(e) The Board may
conduct a personal interview before a licensure application is
approved.
(f) An applicant who
fails the licensure examination may be re-examined, upon payment of the
required fee, at a time and place designated by the Board.
(2)
Licensure by
Reciprocity. The Board may issue a license to an applicant who
furnishes satisfactory proof that he or she has the qualifications to be
licensed in Massachusetts and that he or she has been licensed in another state
for at least five years where the requirements for registration are, in the
opinion of the Board, equivalent to those of Massachusetts, provided that such
state accords a like privilege to holders of certificates of registration
issued in Massachusetts and that the applicant has not previously failed to
pass an examination required in Massachusetts. A state may be deemed to accord
a like privilege to Massachusetts podiatrist if the state has a process by
which a Massachusetts podiatrist may apply for licensure without taking
additional licensing examinations other than a state-specific jurisprudence
examination.
(3)
Limited Licensure.
(a) A limited license enables a person to
complete his or her podiatric medical training. The Board may issue a limited
license to a person who has received an appointment as an intern, fellow or
podiatric medical officer at a health care facility or in a training program or
preceptorship approved by the Board.
(b) An applicant for a limited license must
submit to the Board a completed application form and any additional information
which the Board requests.
(c) If
the Board determines that the applicant is qualified, it shall issue a limited
license to the applicant.
(d)
Limited licenses are subject to the following limitations:
1. A limited license authorizes a limited
licensee to practice podiatry only in the training or preceptorship program or
at the health care facility designated on the limited license or at the
facility's approved affiliates. A limited licensee may practice podiatric
medicine only under the supervision of a full licensee.
2. A limited licensee may practice outside
the health care facility designated on the license but only for the treatment
of persons accepted as patients by the designated residency or preceptorship
program.
3. A limited license shall
terminate automatically upon termination of the residency or preceptorship and,
in any event, at the end of three years from the date of issue.
(4)
Temporary Licensure.
(a) The Board may issue a temporary license
to a podiatric physician licensed in another jurisdiction for a period in the
following circumstances:
1. to a podiatrist
licensed in another jurisdiction who has a temporary faculty appointment
certified by the chairman of the board of registration in podiatry for purposes
of podiatric medical education. Such temporary licensure shall terminate
automatically upon termination of the faculty appointment and, in any event, at
the end of eight months from the date of issue.
2. to permit a podiatrist licensed in another
jurisdiction to act as a substitute podiatric physician for a registered
podiatric physician in the commonwealth. A temporary license requested for this
purpose shall be granted only upon the written request of said registered
podiatric physician and to be limited to three months or less.
3. to a podiatric physician eligible for
examination or registration in the commonwealth who is a diplomate of a
specialty board approved by the APMA to permit the individual to act as a
substitute podiatric physician for a registered podiatric physician in the
commonwealth. A temporary license requested for this purpose shall be granted
only upon written request of said registered podiatric physician and shall be
limited to the specialty to which the applicant is certified and to a duration
of three months or less.
