Podiatric medicine is that profession of the health sciences concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the human foot and their governing and related structures, and the soft tissues inserting into the foot, including the local manifestations of systemic conditions, by all appropriate systems and means. A person licensed pursuant to this chapter as a podiatrist shall be designated a podiatric physician.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 36-8-1

  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SDC 1939, § 27.0801; SL 1959, ch 131, § 2; SL 1967, ch 100, § 2; SL 1972, ch 203; SL 1995, ch 216, § 1.