DEPARTMENT OF REGULATORY AGENCIES Colorado Podiatry Board RULE 100 COLORADO PODIATRY BOARD RULES AND REGULATIONS ON PODIATRY LICENSURE 3 CCR 712-1 [Editor’s Notes follow the text of the rules at the end of this CCR Document.] STATEMENT OF BASIS AND PURPOSE The basis for the Board’s promulgation of rules and regulations is C.R.S. 12-32-104(1)(a). The specific statutory authority for the promulgation of these rules is C.R.S. 12-32-105, C.R.S. 12-32- 106 and C.R.S. 12-32-108. The purpose for promulgation of the rules is to set forth the requirements of the Colorado Podiatry Board (“Board” ) for applicants for an initial Colorado podiatry license and for a Colorado podiatry license by endorsement. These rules are also enacted to implement the requirements of C.R.S. 12-32-105(1)(c) that effective October 1, 2001, applicants for a license to practice podiatry must have completed an approved residency.

1. Initial licensure:

an applicant for initial licensure must timely complete a Board approved application form establishing compliance with the following requirements:

a. Age 21 or older;

b. Graduation from a Board approved podiatry school;

c. Passage of the written PMLEXIS examination of the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners or any successor organization as determined by scores established by the Board;

d. Passage of the basic sciences examination of the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners or any successor organization;

e. Completion of a one-year residency as set forth in C.R.S. 12-32-105(3)(a) or (b);

2. Licensure by endorsement.

In lieu of applying for an initial license to practice podiatry in Colorado, applicants who are licensed to practice podiatry in another jurisdiction may apply for licensure by endorsement. An applicant for licensure by endorsement must timely complete a Board approved application form establishing compliance with the following requirements:

a. Age 21 or older;

b. Graduation from a Board approved podiatry school;

c. Passage (at the time of licensure in another jurisdiction) of the written PMLEXIS examination of the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners or any successor or predecessor organization as determined by scores established by the Board;

d. Passage (at the time of licensure in another jurisdiction) of the basic sciences examination of the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners or any successor or predecessor organization, except that this requirement does not apply to applicants licensed by examination in another jurisdiction prior to 1970;

e. Compliance with training requirements comparable to those required by the Board (Colorado) at the time of the applicant's original licensure in another jurisdiction;

f. Possession of a license to practice podiatry in another jurisdiction that has not been revoked, suspended or subject to disciplinary or adverse actions; and EFFECTIVE 5/30/86; REVISED 5/5/95; REVISED 10/1/95; REVISED 10/1/01; REVISED 6/6/03, EFFECTIVE 7/31/03; REVISED 12/5/08, EFFECTIVE 1/30/09; REVISED 12/4/09 _____________________________________________________ Editor’s Notes History Entire rule eff. 01/30/2009.

Entire rule eff. 02/03/2010.