Section 58-5a-302 - Qualifications to practice podiatryAn applicant for licensure to practice podiatry shall:
(1) submit an application in a form as prescribed by the division;(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 ,§ 14, eff. 5/12/2020.Amended by Chapter 244, 2017 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/9/2017.Amended by Chapter 230, 2015 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 5/12/2015.Amended by Chapter 183, 2009 General Session