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59 OK Stat § 59-139 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-139. Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners - Organization - Meetings - Compliance with other acts - Bonding

|Tort claims. |A. The Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners shall organize annually at the last regularly scheduled meeting of the Board before the beginning of the next fiscal year by electing from among its members a president, a vice-president, and a secretary-treasurer. The term of office of each officer shall be for the following fiscal year and until a successor is elected and qualified. The duties of each officer shall be prescribed in the rules of the Board.B. The Board may hold such regularly scheduled meetings, special meetings, emergency meetings, or continued or reconvened meetings as found by the Board to be expedient or necessary. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.C. The Board shall act in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, the Oklahoma Open Records Act, and the Administrative Procedures Act.D. All members of the Board and such employees as determined by the Board shall be bonded as required by Sections 85.26 through 85.31 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.E. The responsibilities and rights of any member or employee of the Board who acts within the scope of Board duties or employment shall be governed by the Governmental Tort Claims Act.Added by Laws 1955, p. 308, § 4. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 222, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
59 OK Stat § 59-140 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-140. Employees of Board - Prosecutions - Materials and supplies - Bonds - Seal.

|The Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners may: |1. Employ, contract with, and direct stenographic, clerical, and secretarial help and investigators and attorneys to assist it and its officers in observing and performing under the applicable laws and to help carry out and enforce the applicable laws;2. Gather and present to district attorneys of this state evidence which it believes shows violations of the applicable laws, and, among other purposes authorized by law, it may use attorneys it employs to assist district attorneys (but only with their consent) in the prosecution of such violations, and also to represent it in any court;3. Discharge any person it employs, but this provision shall not be interpreted as authorizing it to fail in any way to observe and perform its lawful contracts;4. Contract for and purchase or rent books, stationery, forms, postage, equipment, other materials and supplies, and furniture and it may rent or lease office space or other quarters; however the compensation of those it employs or with whom it contracts and the consideration it owes under its contracts and its other costs, expenses and liabilities of whatever nature shall never be a charge against the State of Oklahoma, except that the Board may cause payment for all thereof to be made from the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners' Revolving Fund insofar as there are from time to time amounts in said fund for such purposes;5. Require fidelity bonds of those it employs; and6. Adopt a seal and use the same by impression in addition to the signature of the Board wherever its signature is permitted or required.Laws 1955, p. 309, § 5, emerg. eff. May 23, 1955; Laws 1993, c. 150, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
59 OK Stat § 59-141 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-141. Powers and duties.

|The Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners shall have the power and duty to: |1. Regulate the practice of podiatric medicine;2. Promulgate the rules that may be necessary to implement and enforce the Podiatric Medicine Practice Act;3. Set license and examination fees required by the Podiatric Medicine Practice Act;4. Receive fees and deposit said fees with the State Treasurer in the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners' Revolving Fund;5. Issue, renew, revoke, deny, and suspend licenses to practice podiatric medicine;6. Examine all qualified applicants for licenses to practice podiatric medicine;7. Investigate complaints and hold hearings;8. Adopt and establish rules of professional conduct, which shall apply to every person who practices podiatric medicine in this state;9. Set educational requirements for licensure; and10. Perform such other duties, exercise such other powers, and employ such personnel as is required by the provisions of the Podiatric Medicine Practice Act.Laws 1955, p. 309, § 6, emerg. eff. May 23, 1955; Laws 1983, c. 138, § 4, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1993, c. 150, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
59 OK Stat § 59-142 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-142. Acts constituting practice of podiatric medicine - Exceptions.

|A. Podiatric medicine is that profession of the health sciences concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the human foot and ankle, including the local manifestations of systemic conditions, by all appropriate systems and means. |B. Any one or more of the following shall be deemed to be practicing podiatric medicine:1. In any way examining, diagnosing, recommending for, prescribing for, caring for or treating in this state ailments, diseased conditions, deformities or injuries of the human foot and ankle, whether or not done directly thereon;2. Massage or adjustment in connection with such examining, diagnosing, recommending, prescribing, treating, or caring for;3. Fitting, building, or otherwise furnishing pads, inserts, appliances, inlays, splints, or supports, or giving or using medicament or anesthetics in connection with such examining, diagnosing, recommending, prescribing, treating, caring for, or fitting; and4. Offering in this state to any person to do or cause to be done, or attempting in this state to do or cause to be done, any or all of the foregoing.C. The provisions of the Podiatric Medicine Practice Act shall not apply to:1. The sale of proprietary or patented foot remedies, pads, supports or corrective shoes;2. The fitting or recommending of appliances, devices, or shoes for the prevention, correction, or relief of foot ailments or troubles, by regularly established retail dealers or their regular salesmen, not holding themselves out to the public as podiatric physicians under the terms of this act;3. A person providing services or assistance in case of an emergency if no fee or other consideration is contemplated, charged, or received; or4. Any person who is licensed to practice podiatric medicine in another state or territory of the United States whose sole purpose and activity in this state is to practice podiatric medicine and surgery with a specific podiatrist who is licensed to practice podiatric medicine by the Board, excluding a podiatrist with a temporary or restricted license. The length of such person’s practice in this state shall be limited to four (4) weeks per year and shall be limited to training purposes. The scope of the training shall not exceed that allowed by Oklahoma law.Added by Laws 1955, p. 310, § 7, emerg. eff. May 23, 1955. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 150, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 105, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 2009, c. 261, § 1, eff. July 1, 2009.
59 OK Stat § 59-143 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-143. Unlawful practices - Penalty.

|A. It shall be unlawful for: |1. Any person to practice or attempt to practice podiatric medicine in this state as defined by the applicable laws or as otherwise defined, or to hold himself out to the public in this state as a podiatric physician, doctor of podiatric medicine, podiatrist, foot doctor or foot specialist without having first obtained a license to practice podiatric medicine from the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners, or after his license to practice podiatric medicine has been revoked, or while such license is under suspension. Provided, however, an applicant for a license by examination who has successfully passed the examination administered by the Board may practice podiatric medicine to the extent necessary to enable him to observe and assist a podiatric physician, as an intern, preceptee or resident, if while so doing he complies with all of the rules of the Board;2. A podiatric physician to practice as such at any time when his license is not conspicuously displayed in his place of regular practice;3. Any person to knowingly represent in any manner in this state, either publicly or privately, that another person is a licensed podiatric physician, doctor of podiatric medicine, podiatrist, foot doctor or foot specialist, or is capable of examining, diagnosing, recommending for, prescribing for, caring for, or treating in this state ailments, diseased conditions, deformities, or injuries of the human foot, unless such other person at the time of such representation is a licensed podiatric physician; and4. Any podiatric physician to violate any provision of the Podiatric Medicine Practice Act or the rules of the Board.B. Any person who does any one or more of the things made unlawful by subsection A of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day of such violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.Laws 1955, p. 311, § 8, emerg. eff. May 23, 1955; Laws 1993, c. 150, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
59 OK Stat § 59-144.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-144.1. Training license - Eligibility - Restrictions.

|A. No person who is granted a training license shall practice outside the limitations of the license. |B. To be eligible for training licensure, the applicant shall have completed all the requirements for full and unrestricted licensure except graduate education and/or licensing examination or other requirements relative to the basis for the training license.C. By rule, the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners shall establish restrictions for training licensure to assure that the holder will practice only under appropriate circumstances as set by the Board.D. A training license shall be renewable annually upon the approval of the Board and upon the evaluation of performance in the special circumstances upon which the training license was granted.E. The issuance of a training license shall not be construed to imply that a full and unrestricted license to practice podiatric medicine will be issued at a future date.F. All other provisions of the Podiatric Medicine Practice Act shall apply to the holders of training licenses.G. This section shall not limit the authority of any state agency or educational institution in this state which employs a training licensed podiatric physician to impose additional practice limitations upon such podiatric physician.Added by Laws 2013, c. 185, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
59 OK Stat § 59-145.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-145.1. Continuing education requirement for renewal of license - Exemptions.

|A. Sixty (60) hours of continuing education shall be required for renewal of an individual license to practice podiatric medicine in this state. This must be obtained in the two-year period immediately preceding the two-year period for which the license is to be issued. Such continuing education shall include not less than two (2) hours of education in pain management or two (2) hours of education in opioid use or addiction, unless the licensee has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners that the licensee does not currently hold a valid federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration number. The continuing education required by this section shall be any of the following: |1. Education presented by an organization approved by the Council on Continuing Education of the American Podiatric Medical Association;2. A national, state or county podiatric medical association meeting approved by the Board;3. Hospital-sponsored scientific programs approved by the Board; or4. Six (6) hours of continuing education credit may be obtained by attending meetings and hearings of the Board.At least thirty (30) hours of the required sixty (60) hours must be obtained in this state.B. Any practitioner not so satisfying the Board of the fulfillment of the continuing education requirements required by subsection A of this section shall cease to be entitled to have such license renewed.C. Any practitioner fully retired from the practice of podiatric medicine shall be exempt from compliance with the requirements imposed by subsection A of this section. However, upon resuming the practice of podiatric medicine, the individual shall fulfill such requirements which have accrued from October 1, 1979, to the time of resumption of practice.Added by Laws 1979, c. 81, § 2. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 150, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2013, c. 185, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2019, c. 428, § 1, emerg. eff. May 21, 2019.
59 OK Stat § 59-147 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-147. Penalties - Guidelines.

|A. The Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners is authorized, after notice and opportunity for a hearing pursuant to Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act, to issue an order imposing one or more of the following penalties whenever the Board finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that a podiatric physician has committed any of the acts or occurrences set forth in Section 148 of this title: |1. Disapproval of an application for a renewal license;2. Suspension of a license issued by the Board for a maximum period of three (3) years;3. Revocation of a license issued by the Board;4. An administrative fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each count or separate violation;5. A censure or reprimand;6. Placement on probation for a period of time and under such terms and conditions as deemed appropriate by the Board;7. Restriction of the practice of a podiatric physician under such terms and conditions as deemed appropriate by the Board; and8. Payment of costs associated with a disciplinary proceeding.B. The Board may, by rule, establish guidelines for the disposition of disciplinary cases involving specific types of violations. The guidelines may include:1. Minimum and maximum administrative fines;2. Periods of suspension, probation or supervision;3. Terms and conditions of probation; and4. Terms and conditions for the reinstatement of a license.C. The Board is authorized to issue a confidential letter of concern to a podiatric physician when, though evidence does not warrant initiation of an individual proceeding, the Board has noted indications of possible errant conduct by the podiatric physician that could lead to serious consequences and formal action by the Board.D. A podiatric physician against whom a penalty is imposed by an order of the Board pursuant to the provisions of this section shall have the right to seek a judicial review of such order pursuant to Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act.Added by Laws 1955, p. 313, § 12, emerg. eff. May 23, 1955. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 150, § 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 222, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
59 OK Stat § 59-149 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-149. Complaint.

|A. Any person may file a written and signed complaint with the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners, alleging that a podiatric physician has violated the provisions of the Podiatric Medicine Practice Act, the Code of Ethics, or the rules of the Board, and the facts upon which the allegations are based. Each complaint received by the Board shall be investigated in a manner to be prescribed in the rules of the Board. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 315, § 14. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 222, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
59 OK Stat § 59-149.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-149.1. Guidance to podiatric physicians for recommending medical marijuana – Disciplinary action.

|A. The Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners is hereby authorized to issue guidance to all podiatric physicians in this state on the recommending of medical marijuana to patients. |B. The Board may take disciplinary action as provided for in the Podiatric Medicine Practice Act against any podiatric physician who willfully violates or aids another in the willful violation of the provisions of Section 420 et seq. of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes or the provisions of Enrolled House Bill No. 2612 of the 1st Session of the 57th Oklahoma Legislature.Added by Laws 2019, c. 390, § 3, emerg. eff. May 15, 2019.
59 OK Stat § 59-152 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-152. Reciprocity - Fees.

|A. By way of reciprocity and without examination, the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners may issue a license to practice podiatric medicine in this state to any person who: |1. Satisfies the Board that he has all the qualifications required, by the applicable laws and the rules of the Board, of a person to entitle the person to a license to practice podiatric medicine in this state pursuant to examination, excepting any as to which the Board excuses compliance for good cause shown; and2. Satisfies the Board that for at least three (3) years immediately prior to the date on which he pays the required fee he lawfully practiced podiatric medicine within and under the laws of a district or territory or other state of the United States of America pursuant to a license issued thereby authorizing such practice; and3. Pays in advance to the secretary-treasurer of the Board the fee required by the rules of the Board for a license by reciprocity, which shall not be less than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) or more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00).B. The provisions and benefits of this section shall extend only to persons who are residents in good faith of districts, territories, or states which in the judgment of the Board extend to citizens of this state substantially equal or greater reciprocity privileges as to a license to practice podiatric medicine.Laws 1955, p. 316, § 17, emerg. eff. May 23, 1955; Laws 1993, c. 150, § 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
59 OK Stat § 59-154 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-154. Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners' Revolving Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners, to be designated as the "Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners' Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Board pursuant to the provisions of the Podiatric Medicine Practice Act. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Board for the purpose of implementing and enforcing the provisions of the Podiatric Medicine Practice Act. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims signed by the secretary-treasurer of the Board or by an authorized employee or employees of the Board and filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. |Added by Laws 1955, p. 316, § 19, emerg. eff. May 23, 1955. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 138, § 7, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1993, c. 150, § 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 260.
59 OK Stat § 59-155 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-155. Investigations and hearings.

|The Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners shall: |1. Conduct investigations of complaints against podiatric physicians filed with the Board pursuant to Section 149 of this title; and2. Initiate and conduct individual proceedings, pursuant to Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act, against podiatric physicians alleged to have violated the Podiatric Medicine Practice Act, the Code of Ethics, or the rules of the Board. For such purposes the Board, or any member thereof, is empowered to issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses, and administer oaths and affirmations. Subpoenas authorized by this section may be signed and issued by any member of the Board, and shall be served, and return of service thereof made, in the same manner as a subpoena is served from a court of record in this state and as return of service in such case is made. Any person failing and refusing to attend in obedience to such subpoena, or refusing to be sworn or examined or answer any question propounded by any member of the Board or any attorney or licensee upon permission from the Board, upon conviction thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as such.Added by Laws 1955, p. 316, § 20. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 222, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
59 OK Stat § 59-156 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-156. Annual report.

|Said Board shall make an annual report to the Governor, not later than the fifteenth day of November each year, which report shall contain an account of all monies received, licenses issued, suspended, or revoked and all expenditures made by said Board the twelve (12) months prior to said date. |Laws 1955, p. 317, § 21.
59 OK Stat § 59-158 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-158. Restraining orders and injunctions.

|Restraining orders and temporary and permanent injunctions may be granted by the district and superior courts upon application of the Board for the purpose of restraining, enjoining, and preventing threatened or likely violations of, and also enforcing, and also requiring compliance with, the applicable laws. |Laws 1955, p. 317, § 23.
59 OK Stat § 59-159.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-159.1. Rules and regulations concerning casts for individual shoes.

|The Board may adopt rules and regulations which are necessary or helpful to promote the public health and safety which define and establish minimum standards and requirements for methods and practices to be used in taking or making casts or equivalents thereof of the human foot for the purpose of prescribing, offering, making, furnishing,correcting, changing, or fitting shoes for the foot. It shall be unlawful to take or make said casts or equivalents for any purpose except in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Board may prescribe. |Amended by Laws 1983, c. 138, § 6, operative July 1, 1983.
59 OK Stat § 59-159.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-159.2. Unlawful acts.

|It shall be unlawful to make, furnish, correct, change, or fit any of the following if moulded for the foot or part of the foot of a specific person, as distinguished from persons generally, to wit: shoes for the purpose of diagnosing, correcting, relieving, treating, aiding, controlling, or alleviating ailments, diseases, diseased conditions, deformities, injuries, or abnormalities of the foot or feet of the specific person, except upon the prescription of a medical doctor, podiatric physician, osteopathic physician duly licensed under the laws of this state, or to offer so to do, or for any one other than such medical doctor, podiatric physician or osteopathic physician to prescribe any thereof for any such purpose. |Laws 1959, p. 224, § 2; Laws 1993, c. 150, § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
59 OK Stat § 59-159.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 59. Professions and Occupations|§59-159.4. Inapplicability to manufacture or sale to persons generally.

|Nothing in this act shall apply to the manufacture or sale of shoes, pads, or supports, whether patented or not, which are made for, and offered to, persons generally. |Laws 1959, p. 224, § 4.