1. (a) It is an objective of the Podiatric Medical Practice Act and a policy of the Board that the public be properly informed concerning the availability and level of podiatric medical services in every community where a podiatric medical office is located. To accomplish this objective, a podiatric physician shall not establish or be affiliated with an office which does not comply with these sections.
2. (b) All podiatric medical offices shall contain the minimum amount of treatment equipment and facilities so that the podiatric physician may provide his usual and customary podiatric medical services.
3. (c) The office shall be attended by the podiatric physician on a routine schedule and frequently enough so that treatment is timely and convenient for the patients in the area where the office is located.
4. (d) All offices shall be staffed or equipped so that patients and the public can conveniently determine when the podiatric physician will be in his office. Examples of how this information might be provided are an answering service or an automatic telephone listening and recording device of some type.
5. (e) This section does not prohibit a podiatric physician from practicing in communities which are too small to economically justify or otherwise warrant the establishment of an office, but when a podiatric physician undertakes to practice in such communities, he must have sufficient staff and equipment or facilities available to provide safe treatment.

Source Note:The provisions of this §130.35 adopted to be effective July 5, 2006, 31 TexReg 5289; transferred effective September 1, 2017, as published in the Texas Register August 18, 2017, 42 TexReg 4145.