PURPOSE: This rule interprets section 330.065, RSMo.

1. (1) Any applicant desiring to serve a period of internship/residency in a Missouri hospital may do so without obtaining a permanent license from the board if s/he qualifies for and obtains a temporary license for internship/residency for a two (2)-year period from the board. Any applicant desiring to obtain a temporary license shall make application on the form provided by the board. The applicant shall also submit evidence to the board that s/he meets the requirements of this section. There shall be an application fee which shall accompany all applications for a temporary license and shall be nonrefundable.
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 Temporary Application Processing Fee;
   4. (D) An official transcript from a college of podiatric medicine;
   5. (E) A certified score report from the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners, certifying satisfactory completion of 20 CSR 2230-2

Parts I and II of the National Board Examination;

1. (F) A letter from the residency director at the Missouri hospital accredited by the American Podiatric Medical Association where the applicant will be serving his/her internship/residency program with the beginning and ending dates of the postgraduate clinical residency program.

1. (4) No person temporarily registered as an intern/resident shall practice podiatric medicine outside the physical confines of the sponsoring hospital; provided, however, that an intern/resident may practice at any facility approved for the residency by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education of the American Podiatric Medical Association.
2. (5) For newly established postgraduate clinical internship/residency programs, a temporary license may be issued to applicants when the postgraduate clinical internship/residency program is accorded preliminary approval or candidate status by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education of the American Podiatric Medical Association. However, an intern/resident who applies for a permanent license upon completion of such a postgraduate clinical internship/residency program will not be eligible for permanent licensure until his/her postgraduate clinical internship/residency program completes all the steps necessary for and receives approval or accreditation by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education of the American Podiatric Medical Association. The date on which the Council on Podiatric Medical Education of the American Podiatric Medical Association deems the postgraduate clinical internship/residency program approved or accredited shall be the starting date from which an intern/resident shall receive credit toward the intern’s/resident’s required period of postgraduate clinical internship/residency.
3. (6) The temporary license for postgraduate clinical internship/residency, upon approval by the board for good cause shown, may be renewed for an additional one (1)-year period. If during the period of internship/residency specified in the temporary license, the holder thereof shall transfer from the postgraduate clinical internship/residency program offered by the hospital specified in his/her application, the holder must, before such transfer, receive approval for the transfer from the board. Upon approval of the transfer, the temporary license shall remain valid for one (1) year from the original date of issuance. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
4. (7) An applicant approved for a temporary license shall be required to pay the current Temporary License Fee.
5. (8) For every person desiring to enter the profession of podiatric medicine within Missouri, the board shall conduct a criminal history background check through the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Applicants shall submit to the board the applicable fee for the criminal history background check as determined by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
6. (9) Temporary internship/residency applicants who apply for a permanent license upon completion of at least a twelve (12)-month postgraduate clinical residency training program shall be assessed the Permanent Application Processing Fee at that time and shall be assessed the Permanent License Fee if approved by the board.
7. (10) Violation of this rule shall be treated as cause for initiation of disciplinary proceedings against a temporary licensee under section 330.160.2(5) and (6), RSMo. AUTHORITY: sections 330.010, 330.065 and 330.140, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 230-2.065. Original rule filed Dec. 9, 1981, effective March 11, 1982. Amended: Filed Aug. 9, 1993, effective March 10, 1994. Amended: Filed Oct. 25, 1995, effective May 30, 1996. Amended: Filed Oct. 30, 1997, effective April 30, 1998. Amended: Filed June 1, 1999, effective Nov. 30, 1999. Amended: Filed Aug. 12, 1999, effective Feb. 29, 2000. Amended: Filed Sept. 1, 2004, effective March 30, 2005. Moved to 20 CSR 2230-2.065, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority: 330.010, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1961, 1969, 1976, 1995, 1998; 330.065, RSMo 1981; and 330.140, RSMo 1945, amended 1981, 1993, 1995, 1998.