North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Chapter 52 - PODIATRY EXAMINERS
Section .0200 - EXAMINATION AND LICENSING
Section 52 .0213 - TEMPORARY LICENSE FOR CLINICAL RESIDENCY/FELLOWSHIP
Current through Register Vol. 38, No. 18, March 15, 2024
(a) The Board may issue a temporary license to practice podiatry to any podiatrist for licensure in accordance with this Rule while the podiatrist resides in North Carolina and is participating in a podiatric medical education and training clinical residency ("clinical residency") or fellowship located in North Carolina and approved by the Council of Podiatric Medical Education (CPME). Such CPME-approved clinical residency or fellowship shall be established and conducted in accordance with rules established in the most current version of "Standards and Requirements for Approval of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residencies" (CPME 320) and the "JJRC and CPME Residency Requirements" available from the CPME web site at http://www.cpme.org/residencies/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2444&navItemNumber=2245, or "Standards and Requirements for Approval of Podiatric Fellowships" (CPME 820) available from the CPME web site at http://www.cpme.org/fellowships/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2442&navItemNumber=2247. A list of approved clinical residencies is available from the CPME website at http://www.cpme.org/residencies/ResidenciesList.cfm?navItemNumber=2242. A list of approved fellowships is available from the CPME website at http://www.cpme.org/fellowships/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2441&navItemNumber=2246.
(b) In order to be approved by the Board for a temporary resident's or fellowship's training license, an applicant shall submit a completed temporary license application, available from the Board's website at http://www.ncbpe.org/content/licensure-exam. The application shall include the following:
(c) Such temporary application shall also require inclusion of the following additional documentation, which may be sent to the Board either together with the application or separately:
(d) Upon evaluation of the application, the Board shall either approve the application and issue a temporary license or deny the application within 30 days of receipt of the completed application based upon the information provided in accordance with this Rule, unless an interview is necessary. If the Board deems an interview necessary pursuant to Subparagraph (c)(11) of this Rule, the Board shall issue the decision to grant or deny the application within 30 days following the interview. If the Board denies the application, it shall notify the applicant the reasons for the denial.
(e) A temporary license is valid only while the licensee is participating in the clinical residency or fellowship program and shall not be extended beyond the length of training.
(f) A podiatrist holding a temporary license to practice in a clinical residency or fellowship program shall practice only within the confines of that program and under the supervision of its director.
Authority
G.S.
90-202.5(b);
90-202.6;
93B-15.1;
Eff.
October 1, 2014.