DEPARTMENT OF REGULATORY AGENCIES Colorado Podiatry Board RULE 130 - COLORADO PODIATRY BOARD RULES ON PODIATRY RESIDENCY 3 CCR 712-4 [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 Section 12-32-104(1)(a),C.R.S. The specific statutory authority for the promulgation of these rules is Sections 12-32-102(1) and 12-32-107.4, C.R.S. The purpose for enactment of the rules is to set forth the guidelines for persons training in an approved residency program.

A. Residents or fellows training in an approved residency program shall not engage in the practice of podiatry unless licensed pursuant to Sections 12-32-107.4, 12-32-107, or 12-32-108, C.R.S.

B. Residents or fellows may not practice podiatry outside the parameters of their approved residency program or the parameters of their podiatry training license unless licensed to practice podiatry in this state pursuant to Sections 12-32-107 or 12-32-108, C.R.S.

C. Any resident or fellow engaging in the practice of podiatry without an active license issued pursuant to Sections 12-32-107.4, 12-32-107, or 12-32-108,C.R.S, may be in violation of, and subject to penalties set forth in Section 12-32-109,C.R.S.

D. A “resident” or “fellow” for purposes of this rule means a person currently training in, or accepted into, an approved residency program for the purpose of podiatry training.

E. An “approved residency” program for purposes of Section 12-32-107.4 and this rule shall meet one of the following criteria:

1. 1. Is hospital-based and approved by the Council of Podiatric Medical Education (CPME) of the American Podiatric Medical Association, or 2. Is hospital-based and found, after investigation by the Colorado Podiatry Board, to provide residency training that is substantially equivalent to that provided by CPME-approved residency programs.

F. An “approved podiatric medical school” for purposes of Section 12-32-107.4 and this rule means a school of podiatry at which not less than a two-year prepodiatry course and a four-year course of podiatry is required and that is recognized and approved by the Colorado Podiatry Board.

G. A “podiatry training license” for purpose of this rule is a license issued pursuant to Section 12-32- 107.4, C.R.S.

REVISED VIA EMERGENCY RULE, EFFECTIVE 7/1/10 _____________________________________________________ Editor’s Notes History Entire rule emer. rule eff. 07/01/2010.