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HOUSE
BILL 1255
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Passed
Legislature - 1993 Regular Session
State
of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993
Regular Session
By
Read
first time 01/20/93. Referred to Committee on Health Care.
Requiring podiatric physicians and surgeons to have one year of
postgraduate podiatric medical training.
AN ACT Relating to eligibility requirements for
podiatric physicians and surgeons; amending RCW 18.22.040; and adding a new
section to chapter 18.22 RCW.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A
new section is added to chapter 18.22 RCW to read as follows:
The board may grant approval to issue a license
without examination to a podiatric physician and surgeon in a board-approved
postgraduate training program in this state if the applicant files an
application and meets all the requirements for licensure set forth in RCW
18.22.040 except for completion of one year of postgraduate training. The
secretary shall issue a postgraduate podiatric medicine and surgery license
that permits the physician to practice podiatric medicine and surgery only in
connection with his or her duties in the postgraduate training program. The
postgraduate training license does not authorize the podiatric physician to
engage in any other form of practice. Each podiatric physician and surgeon in
postgraduate training shall practice podiatric medicine and surgery under the
supervision of a physician licensed in this state under this chapter, or
chapter 18.71 or 18.57 RCW, but such supervision shall not be construed to
necessarily require the personal presence of the supervising physician at the
place where services are rendered.
All persons licensed under this section shall
be subject to the jurisdiction of the podiatric medical board as set forth in
this chapter and chapter 18.130 RCW.
Persons applying for licensure pursuant to this
section shall pay an application and renewal fee determined by the secretary as
provided in RCW 43.70.250. Postgraduate training licenses may be renewed
annually. Any person who obtains a license pursuant to this section may apply
for licensure under this chapter but shall submit a new application form and
comply with all other licensing requirements of this chapter.
Sec. 2.
RCW 18.22.040 and 1990 c 147 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
Before any person may take an examination for
the issuance of a podiatric physician and surgeon license, the applicant shall
submit a completed application and a fee determined by the secretary as
provided in RCW 43.70.250. The applicant shall also furnish the secretary and
the board with satisfactory proof that:
(1) The applicant has not engaged in
unprofessional conduct as defined in chapter 18.130 RCW and is not unable to
practice with reasonable skill and safety as a result of a physical or mental
impairment;
(2) The applicant has satisfactorily completed
a course in an approved school of podiatric medicine and surgery;
(3) The applicant has completed one year
postgraduate podiatric medical training in a program approved by the board,
provided that applicants graduating before July 1, 1993, shall be exempt from
the postgraduate training requirement.
