The office of the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall make available to persons who are eligible for Medicaid benefits under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., inpatient hospital services, outpatient hospital services, prescribed drugs, and all other services incident to professional treatment provided by a licensed podiatrist when the treatment and service is otherwise authorized and included in the Louisiana state plan for medical assistance when provided or prescribed by a physician or any other licensed practitioner of the healing arts, provided that the podiatric health care shall be within the scope of podiatric professional practice as defined by La. Rev. Stat. 37:611 et seq.

            Acts 1988, No. 788, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.