58-5a-302.  Qualifications to practice podiatry.
     An applicant for licensure to practice podiatry shall:

(1)  submit an application in a form as prescribed by the division;

Terms Used In Utah Code 58-5a-302

  • Board: means the Podiatric Physician Board created in Section 58-5a-201. See Utah Code 58-5a-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2)  pay a fee as determined by the department under Section 63J-1-504;

(3)  provide satisfactory documentation of having successfully completed a program of professional education preparing an individual as a podiatric physician, as evidenced by having received an earned degree of doctor of podiatric medicine from a podiatry school or college accredited by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education;

(4)  if licensed on or after July 1, 2015, satisfy the division and board that the applicant:

(a)  has successfully completed 24 months of resident training in a program approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education; or

(b) 

(i)  has successfully completed 12 months of resident training in a program approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education after receiving a degree of doctor of podiatric medicine as required under Subsection (3);

(ii)  has been accepted in, and is successfully participating in, progressive resident training in a Council on Podiatric Medical Education approved program within Utah, in the applicant’s second or third year of postgraduate training; and

(iii)  has agreed to surrender to the division the applicant’s license as a podiatric physician without any proceedings under Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act, and has agreed the applicant’s license as a podiatric physician will be automatically revoked by the division if the applicant fails to continue in good standing in a Council on Podiatric Medical Education approved progressive resident training program within the state; and

(5)  pass examinations required by rule.

Amended by Chapter 339, 2020 General Session