§ 7010 — Ankle surgery limited permits

§ 7010. Ankle surgery limited permits. * A limited permit to perform\npodiatric standard ankle surgery, as described in subdivision two of\nsection seven thousand one of this article, may be issued by the\ndepartment to a podiatrist who is licensed pursuant to this article and\nwho has met the residency and board qualification/certification\nrequirements set forth in subdivision one of section seven thousand nine\nof this article in order to authorize such podiatrist to obtain the\ntraining and experience required for the issuance of a podiatric\nstandard ankle surgery privilege pursuant to subdivision one of section\nseven thousand nine of this article. Such permits shall authorize the\nperformance of podiatric standard ankle surgery only under the direct\npersonal supervision of a licensed podiatrist holding a podiatric\nstandard ankle surgery privilege or a podiatric advanced ankle surgery\nprivilege issued pursuant to section seven thousand nine of this article\nor of a physician licensed pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one of\nthis title and certified in orthopedic surgery by a national certifying\nboard having certification standards acceptable to the department.\n * NB Effective until June 12, 2027\n * 1. A limited permit to perform podiatric standard ankle surgery, as\ndescribed in subdivision two of section seven thousand one of this\narticle, may be issued by the department to a podiatrist who is licensed\npursuant to this article and who has met the residency and board\nqualification/certification requirements set forth in subdivision one of\nsection seven thousand nine of this article in order to authorize such\npodiatrist to obtain the training and experience required for the\nissuance of a podiatric standard ankle surgery privilege pursuant to\nsubdivision one of section seven thousand nine of this article. Such\npermits shall authorize the performance of podiatric standard ankle\nsurgery only under the direct personal supervision of a licensed\npodiatrist holding a podiatric standard ankle surgery privilege or a\npodiatric advanced ankle surgery privilege issued pursuant to section\nseven thousand nine of this article or of a physician licensed pursuant\nto article one hundred thirty-one of this title and certified in\northopedic surgery by a national certifying board having certification\nstandards acceptable to the department.\n * NB Effective June 12, 2027\n * 2. A limited permit to perform podiatric advanced ankle surgery, as\ndescribed in subdivision two of section seven thousand one of this\narticle, may be issued by the department to a podiatrist who is licensed\npursuant to this article and who has met the residency and board\ncertification requirements set forth in subdivision two of section seven\nthousand nine of this article in order to authorize such podiatrist to\nobtain the training and experience required for the issuance of a\npodiatric advanced ankle surgery privilege pursuant to subdivision two\nof section seven thousand nine of this article. Such permits shall\nauthorize the performance of podiatric advanced ankle surgery only under\nthe direct personal supervision of a licensed podiatrist holding a\npodiatric advanced ankle surgery privilege issued pursuant to\nsubdivision two of section seven thousand nine of this article or of a\nphysician licensed pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one of this\ntitle and certified in orthopedic surgery by a national certifying board\nhaving certification standards acceptable to the department.\n * NB Effective until June 12, 2027\n * 2. (a) A limited permit to perform podiatric advanced ankle surgery,\nas described in subdivision two of section seven thousand one of this\narticle, may be issued by the department, for the purposes of\nauthorizing a podiatrist to obtain the training and experience required\nfor the issuance of a podiatric advanced ankle surgery privilege\npursuant to subdivision two of section seven thousand nine of this\narticle, to a podiatrist who:\n (i) is licensed pursuant to this article and who has met the residency\nand board certification requirements set forth in subdivision two of\nsection seven thousand nine of this article; or\n (ii) is licensed pursuant to this article and who has met the\nresidency requirements set forth in subdivision two of section seven\nthousand nine of this article and who is board qualified but not yet\ncertified in reconstructive rearfoot and ankle surgery by a national\ncertifying board having certification standards acceptable to the\ndepartment.\n (b) Such permits shall authorize the performance of podiatric advanced\nankle surgery only under the direct personal supervision of a licensed\npodiatrist holding a podiatric advanced ankle surgery privilege issued\npursuant to subdivision two of section seven thousand nine of this\narticle or of a physician licensed pursuant to article one hundred\nthirty-one of this title and certified in orthopedic surgery by a\nnational certifying board having certification standards acceptable to\nthe department.\n * NB Effective June 12, 2027\n 3. For the purposes of this section, direct personal supervision means\nsupervision of procedures based on instructions given directly by the\nsupervising podiatrist or physician who remains in the immediate area\nwhere the procedures are being performed, authorizes the procedures and\nevaluates the procedures performed by the holder of the limited permit.\n 4. The holder of a limited permit issued pursuant to this section\nshall perform podiatric ankle surgery only in a hospital or health\nfacility licensed pursuant to article twenty-eight of the public health\nlaw and appropriately authorized to provide such surgery.\n 5. Limited permits shall be issued for a period of one year, and may\nbe renewed for additional one year periods when necessary to permit the\ncompletion of the training and experience required to obtain a podiatric\nstandard ankle surgery privilege or podiatric advanced ankle surgery\nprivilege, as applicable, provided that no permit may be renewed more\nthan four times for each such privilege.\n 6. The fee for a limited permit shall be one hundred five dollars and\nthe fee for a renewal shall be fifty dollars.\n