PURPOSE: This rule outlines the requirements and procedures for obtaining a podiatry license by examination.

1. (1) Application for a permanent Missouri license to practice podiatric medicine must be made on the forms provided by the board.
2. (2) Application forms may be obtained from the board office at PO Box 423, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0423 or by visiting the board’s website at http://pr.mo.gov/podiatrists.asp. A copy of the current statutory provisions and board rules regarding the practice of podiatric medicine will be provided with the application form.

3. (3) No application will be considered unless it is fully completed and properly attested. Items necessary to complete the application include:

   1. (A) Each section on the application form itself;
   2. (B) A recent photograph;
   3. (C) The current Permanent Application Processing Fee;
   4. (D) An official transcript from the college of podiatric medicine from which the applicant graduated. If the applicant has attended more than one college of podiatric medicine in order to obtain all of his/her credits for graduation, the applicant shall submit official transcripts from all colleges he/she attended;
   5. (E) A certified score report from the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners or such other designee of the board, certifying satisfactory completion of all parts of the National Board Examination;
   6. (F) Proof that the applicant’s fingerprints have been submitted to the Missouri State Highway Patrol for criminal history records checks; and

   7. (G) Proof of good moral character in the form of reference letters from persons who have known the applicant for at least two (2) years, on forms provided by the board, from three (3) of the following four (4) classes of individuals:

      1. 1. An employer;
      2. 2. A teacher or other instructor of podi-

atric medicine;

1. 3. A high school or undergraduate col-

lege instructor; and

1. 4. A member of the community where

the applicant resides.

1. (4) Every applicant for a permanent Missouri license graduating from a podiatric medical school in 1994 and thereafter shall provide the State Board of Podiatric Medicine with satisfactory evidence of having completed an acceptable postgraduate clinical residency.
2. (5) For purposes of this rule, a postgraduate clinical residency is a formal, structured postgraduate training program of at least twelve
3. (12) months which is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education of the American Podiatric Medical Association. Postgraduate clinical residency programs must be sponsored by and conducted in an institution such as a hospital, or conducted by a college of podiatric medicine accredited by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education of the American Podiatric Medical Association.
4. (6) Applicants desiring to perform ankle surgery will be required to complete a twenty-four (24)-month postgraduate clinical residency in podiatric surgery.
5. (7) All applicants must be evaluated upon completion of at least a twelve (12)-month postgraduate clinical residency program by the residency director, using forms provided by the board, which will attest to the applicant’s competence in the practice of podiatric medicine and surgery.
6. (8) The applicant shall request that the regulatory entity in each state, United States territory, province, or country in which a license, certificate, registration or permit is held or has ever been held submit verification of licensure, certification, registration or permit directly to the board. The verification shall include the license, registration, certification or permit issued; the number; status; issue and expiration dates; information regarding any disciplinary action; method of licensure, registration or certification; the name and title of person verifying information; the date; and the entity’s seal.
7. (9) Each applicant must successfully complete the examination(s) developed and administered by the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners (NBPME) or such other designee of the board and successfully complete the Missouri Law Examination administered by the State Board of Podiatric Medicine. The applicants achieving a passing score as established by NBPME or such other designee of the board on the National Board Examinations and achieving at least ninety 20 CSR 2230-2

percent (90%) on the open book test for the Missouri Law Examination, shall be deemed to have passed the board’s examination. The applicant will be required to pay the Missouri Law Examination Administration Fee directly to the board office. The NBPME examinations are computer-based examinations. The National Board Examinations are administered by the Chauncey Group International for the NBPME, or such other designee of the board. Applicants must submit a completed registration form along with the test fee and school transcript directly to the Chauncey Group or designee of the board.

AUTHORITY: sections 330.010 and 330.040, RSMo Supp. 2006 and 330.140, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 230-2.010. Original rule filed Dec. 23, 1975, effective Jan. 2, 1976. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Dec. 9, 1981, effective March 11, 1982. Amended: Filed Nov. 12, 1982, effective Feb. 11, 1983. Amended: Filed Oct. 24, 1983, effective March 11, 1984. Amended: Filed Nov. 5, 1984, effective March 11, 1985. Emergency amendment filed Oct. 13, 1989, effective Nov. 11, 1989, expired March 10, 1990. Amended: Filed Oct. 13, 1989, effective Jan. 12, 1990. Amended: Filed March 4, 1991, effective Sept. 30, 1991. Amended: Filed Feb. 4, 1992, effective June 25, 1992. Amended: Filed Aug. 9, 1993, effective March 10, 1994. Amended: Filed June 1, 1999, effective Nov. 30, 1999. Amended: Filed Sept. 1, 2004, effective March 30, 2005. Moved to 20 CSR 2230- 2.010, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed July 11, 2007, effective Jan. 30, 2008.

*Original authority: 330.010, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1961, 1969, 1976, 1995, 1998, 2005; 330.040, RSMo 1939, amended 1981, 2005; and 330.140, RSMo 1945, amended 1981, 1993, 1995, 1998. Op. Atty. Gen. No. 133, Fulkerson (3-6-70). The General Business and Corporation Law of Missouri, which permits corporations to be organized for any lawful purpose, does not authorize organization of a corporation to engage in practice of chiropody-podiatry where statute regulating such practice contemplates only licensing of individuals. Op. Atty. Gen. No. 37, Hansen (6-27-56). It would not be lawful for the State Board of Chiropody to accept the examination of the National Board of Chiropody Examiners as a written examination given by the board and in lieu of examination by the board. AND INSURANCE