3 CCR 712-1
RULE 100

COLORADO PODIATRY BOARD RULES AND REGULATIONS ON PODIATRY LICENSURE

STATEMENT OF BASIS AND PURPOSE

	The basis for the Board’s promulgation of rules and regulations is C.R.S. 12-32-104(1)(a).  The specific statutory authority for the promulgation of these rules is C.R.S. 12-32-105, C.R.S. 12-32-106 and C.R.S. 12-32-108.  The purpose for promulgation of the rules is to set forth the requirements of the Colorado Podiatry Board (“Board”) for applicants for an initial Colorado podiatry license and for a Colorado podiatry license by endorsement.  These rules are also enacted to implement the requirements of C.R.S. 12-32-105(1)(c) that effective October 1, 2001, applicants for a license to practice podiatry must have completed an approved residency.

1.	Initial licensure:  an applicant for initial licensure must timely complete a Board approved application form establishing compliance with the following requirements:

a.	Age 21 or older; 

b.	Graduation from a Board approved podiatry school;

c.	Current Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification;

d.	Passage of the written PMLEXIS examination of the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners or any successor organization as determined by scores established by the Board;

e.	Passage of the basic sciences examination of the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners or any successor organization;

f.	Completion of a one-year residency as set forth in C.R.S. 12-32-105(3)(a) or (b);

g.	Documentation that the applicant has been enrolled in podiatric medical school or residency or has been engaged in the active practice of podiatry during the 24 months immediately preceding the date of the current Colorado application, or documentation that the applicant has complied with the requirements of paragraph 1(d) above within the 24 months immediately preceding the date of the current Colorado application.

h.	As used in this part (1) of this rule, “active practice of podiatry” means the applicant has engaged in the practice of podiatry at least 20 hours per week during the preceding 24 months with no more than a 6 month continuous absence from the practice of podiatry.

2.	Licensure by endorsement.  In lieu of applying for an initial license to practice podiatry in Colorado, applicants who are licensed to practice podiatry in another jurisdiction may apply for licensure by endorsement.  An applicant for licensure by endorsement must timely complete a Board approved application form establishing compliance with the following requirements:

a.	Age 21 or older;

b.	Graduation from a Board approved podiatry school;

c.	Current Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification;

d.	Passage (at the time of licensure in another jurisdiction) of the written PMLEXIS examination of the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners or any successor or predecessor organization as determined by scores established by the Board;

e.	Passage (at the time of licensure in another jurisdiction) of the basic sciences examination of the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners or any successor or predecessor organization, except that this requirement does not apply to applicants licensed by examination in another jurisdiction prior to 1970;

f.	Compliance with training requirements comparable to those required by the Board (Colorado) at the time of the applicant's original licensure in another jurisdiction; 

g.	Possession of a license to practice podiatry in another jurisdiction that has not been revoked, suspended or subject to disciplinary or adverse actions; and

h.	Documentation that the applicant has been engaged in the active practice of podiatry for the five years immediately preceding the date of the current Colorado application with at least three consecutive years in any one jurisdiction by which the applicant has been previously licensed.

i.	As used within this part (2) of this rule, “active practice of podiatry” means the applicant has engaged in the practice of podiatry at least 20 hours per week during the time periods referenced in paragraph 2(i) above with no more than a 6 month continuous absence from the practice of podiatry; except that where appropriate for applicants for licensure by endorsement the Board may allow the applicant to fulfill the “active practice of podiatry” requirement by other means.  It is anticipated that such exceptions shall be rare, and the decision as to what constitutes the active practice of podiatry shall be in the discretion of the Board.

EFFECTIVE 5/30/86; REVISED 5/5/95; REVISED 10/1/95; REVISED 10/1/01; REVISED 6/6/03,
EFFECTIVE 7/31/03; REVISED 12/5/08; EFFECTIVE 1/30/09