Current through Reg. 50, No. 26; June 27, 2025
(a) Suspension of a
license means that the office of the practitioner is to be closed for the
purposes of receiving, diagnosing, treating, or consulting with patients.
(1) The suspended practitioner must not
participate for income in any professional activity that is directly related
to:
(A) the diagnosis of a patient;
(B) the treatment of a patient; or
(C) activities that involve consultation
services related to management of a practice.
(2) The suspended practitioner may refer
patients to another practitioner for treatment or consultation during the
period of the suspension, but the suspended practitioner must not derive any
income from such referrals.
(3) The
suspended practitioner may allow another practitioner to see the suspended
practitioner's patients during the period of the suspension, in the suspended
practitioner's office or the other practitioner's office, but the suspended
practitioner must not derive income from the other practitioner by way of
referral fees, or the like.
(b) The practitioner's office may remain open
for the purposes of administrative work, including making future appointments,
arranging referrals, handling mail, processing accounts, billing, and insurance
matters, and other similar matters not directly related to the diagnosis and
treatment of patients.
(c) If the
suspended practitioner shares offices with another practitioner, the other
practitioner shall be allowed to continue to practice.
(1) The suspended practitioner must not share
income with the other practitioner, including any income derived in any way
from the diagnosis or treatment of patients.
(2) The department may, through unannounced
visits or by requesting documentation, check on the business arrangement that
the suspended practitioner has with the other practitioner(s) regarding the
renting of equipment, rental of business facilities, referral fees or any other
negotiated arrangement so as to be sure that the suspended practitioner is not
deriving any monies from the practice of podiatric medicine.
(d) If a license suspension is
probated, the commission or executive director may require the licensee to:
(1) report regularly to the department on
matters that are the basis of the probation;
(2) limit practice to the areas prescribed by
the commission or executive director; or
(3) continue or review continuing
professional education until the licensee attains a degree of skill
satisfactory to the department in those areas that are the basis of the
probation.
