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

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:
(4)(a) has successfully completed 24 months of resident training in a program approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education; or
(4)(b) (4)(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);
(4)(b)(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
(4)(b)(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
(6) (6)(a) consent to, and complete, a criminal background check, described in Section 58-1-301.5;
(6)(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
(6)(c) disclose any criminal history the division requests on a form the division approves.

Legislative History

Amended by Chapter 443, 2025 General Session