The Department of Public Health may accept a certificate issued by the National Board of Podiatry Examiners or the license of any state board of podiatry examiners or duly authorized licensing agency of any state in the United States or in the District of Columbia, in lieu of the written examination provided for in this chapter, if the department finds that such applicant has been graduated from a chiropody or podiatry school or college recognized by the Connecticut Board of Examiners in Podiatry at the time of his graduation from such school or college and that such state board or licensing agency maintains standards for licensure determined by the department to be equal to or higher than those of this state, and that he has presented to said department evidence showing him to be of good professional standing, provided the application shall be accompanied by a fee of five hundred sixty-five dollars. No license shall be issued under this section to any applicant against whom professional disciplinary action is pending or who is the subject of an unresolved complaint. The department shall inform the board annually of the number of applications it receives for licensure under this section.

(1949 Rev., S. 4558; 1955, S. 2275d; 1957, P.A. 174, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 18; 1963, P.A. 334; February, 1965, P.A. 568, S. 1; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 47; P.A. 73-634; P.A. 76-113, S. 5; P.A. 80-484, S. 27, 176; P.A. 89-251, S. 78, 203; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-210, S. 23, 30; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 187.)

History: 1959 act increased application fee from $75; 1963 act added provision re acceptance by board of certificate issued by National Board of Podiatry Examiners; 1965 act added certification by National Board of Podiatry Examiners as exception to 5-year practice requirement; 1971 act increased application fee from $100 to $150; P.A. 73-634 permitted board to require that applicant pass an oral and practical examination; P.A. 76-113 deleted citizenship requirement for applicants; P.A. 80-484 transferred powers to waive written examination, etc. from board of examiners to health services department, deleted provision re oral and practical examinations and requirements that applicant be or intends to become a resident, that he have practiced continuously for 5 years that he be of good moral character, replaced “certificate of qualification” with “license” and prohibited issuance of license to applicants against whom disciplinary action is pending or who are subject of an unresolved complaint and required that board be informed of number of applications annually; P.A. 89-251 increased the application fee from $150 to $450; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-210 added reference to duly authorized licensing agency of any state, replaced requirement that examination be substantially similar to or of higher quality than Connecticut examination with requirement that exam be equal to or higher than Connecticut exam in quality, removed reciprocity requirement and requirement of 10 years of practice outside of state if in state examination is not passed, effective June 9, 1994; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased application fee from $450 to $565.

Cited. 207 C. 674.