(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)

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Sec. 15. Licenses; renewal; restoration; military service.

(A)The expiration date and renewal period for each license issued under this Act shall be set by rule.

(B)Any podiatric physician who has permitted his or her license to expire or who has had his license on inactive status may have the license restored by making application to the Department, providing proof of continuing education, and filing proof acceptable to the Department of his or her fitness to have the license restored, which may include evidence of active lawful practice in another jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department and by paying the required restoration fee.

(C)If the podiatric physician has not maintained an active practice in another jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department, the Board shall determine, by an evaluation program established by rule his or her fitness to resume active status and may require the podiatric physician to complete an established period of evaluated clinical experience and may require successful completion of the practical examination, as provided by rule.

(D)However, any podiatric physician whose license expired while he or she was

(1)in Federal Service on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States or the Veterans Administration or the State Militia called into service or training, or

(2)in training or education under the supervision of the United States preliminary to induction into the military service, may have the license renewed or restored without paying any lapsed renewal fees if within 2 years after honorable termination of such service, training or education, except under conditions other than honorable, he or she furnished the Department with satisfactory evidence to the effect that he or she has been so engaged and that his or her service, training or education has been so terminated.