1. A. Unless and until the amounts are increased by the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners, the fee for examination for a license to practice podiatric medicine in this state shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). From time to time the Board may increase this fee, but not more than an additional Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). The examination for such license shall be given by the Board; and while it may give the examination at any special meeting, it shall not be required so to do.

2. B. To be entitled to take the examination, a person shall:

   1. 1. File written application therefor as required by the Board;
   2. 2. Pay to the secretary-treasurer of the Board in advance the fee for examination;
   3. 3. Satisfy the Board that he is loyal to the United States of America;
   4. 4. Be more than twenty-one (21) years of age;
   5. 5. Be of good moral character;
   6. 6. Not have been finally convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude or of any felony;
   7. 7. Be free from contagious or infectious disease;
   8. 8. Be a graduate of an accredited college of podiatric medicine; and
   9. 9. Have complied with those rules of the Board applicable to him.

3. C. Any person shall receive a license to practice podiatric medicine in this state, to be issued by the Board, who:

   1. 1. Takes the examination the Board gives and receives pursuant thereto a general average of at least seventy-five percent (75%) and not less than sixty-five percent (65%) in each subject upon which examined;
   2. 2. Observes the practice of podiatric medicine in this state and actively assists therewith, as an intern, preceptee or resident, for such time and in such manner as the rules of the Board may require;
   3. 3. First satisfies the Board that he has so observed and assisted, as an intern, preceptee or resident; and
   4. 4. Satisfies the Board that he has not violated any of the provisions of the Podiatric Medicine Practice Act or any of the rules of the Board.
4. D. The examination shall be written, oral, and clinical and in the English language. It shall be in the following subjects: anatomy, histology, physiology, diagnosis and treatment, bacteriology, pathology, surgery, dermatology, chemistry, hygiene, materia medica, therapeutics, clinical and orthopedic podiatric medicine, anesthetics, asepsis, Oklahoma law relating to podiatric medicine, and such other subjects as the Board from time to time determines. The Board may authorize examination papers to be graded by one or more of its own members or by any one or more licensed podiatric physicians it selects. Each license issued by the Board shall be signed by each member of the Board, bear the seal of the Board, and designate the licensee as a licensed podiatric physician. Licenses heretofore issued by the Board are not in need of reinstatement, and as to heretofore issued licenses, these only shall remain effective and be subject to the applicable laws, but to continue effective hereafter they must be renewed annually or reinstated as provided by the applicable laws. The observation and assistance of one passing the examination need not be in all things which a licensed podiatric physician may lawfully do under his license. One who does not so satisfy the Board, within twenty-four (24) months after taking and passing the examination, that he has so observed and assisted, as an intern, preceptee or resident, and also that he has complied with those of the rules of the Board applicable to him, shall not be entitled so to do thereafter without taking again the examination.

Laws 1955, HB 618, c. 4, § 9, emerg. eff. May 23, 1955; Amended by Laws 1990, HB 1728, c. 163, § 1, eff. September 1, 1990; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1190, c. 150, § 8, eff. September 1, 1993.