58-5a-302. Qualifications to practice podiatry.

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Effective 5/7/2025

An applicant for licensure to practice podiatry shall:

(1)submit an application in a form the division approves;

(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

(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;

(5)pass examinations required by rule; and

(a)consent to, and complete, a criminal background check, described in Section 58-1-301.5 ;

(b)meet any other standard related to the criminal background check described in Subsection (6)(a) , that the division establishes by rule in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act; and

(c)disclose any criminal history the division requests on a form the division approves.

Amended by Chapter 443 , 2025 General Session