§ 7010. Ankle surgery limited permits. A limited permit to perform podiatric standard ankle surgery, as described in subdivision two of section seven thousand one of this article, may be issued by the department to a podiatrist who is licensed pursuant to this article and who has met the residency and board qualification/certification requirements set forth in subdivision one of section seven thousand nine of this article in order to authorize such podiatrist to obtain the training and experience required for the issuance of a podiatric standard ankle surgery privilege pursuant to subdivision one of section seven thousand nine of this article. Such permits shall authorize the performance of podiatric standard ankle surgery only under the direct personal supervision of a licensed podiatrist holding a podiatric standard ankle surgery privilege or a podiatric advanced ankle surgery privilege issued pursuant to section seven thousand nine of this article or of a physician licensed pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one of this title and certified in orthopedic surgery by a national certifying board having certification standards acceptable to the department.

2. A limited permit to perform podiatric advanced ankle surgery, as described in subdivision two of section seven thousand one of this article, may be issued by the department to a podiatrist who is licensed pursuant to this article and who has met the residency and board certification requirements set forth in subdivision two of section seven thousand nine of this article in order to authorize such podiatrist to obtain the training and experience required for the issuance of a podiatric advanced ankle surgery privilege pursuant to subdivision two of section seven thousand nine of this article. Such permits shall authorize the performance of podiatric advanced ankle surgery only under the direct personal supervision of a licensed podiatrist holding a podiatric advanced ankle surgery privilege issued pursuant to subdivision two of section seven thousand nine of this article or of a physician licensed pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one of this title and certified in orthopedic surgery by a national certifying board having certification standards acceptable to the department.

3. For the purposes of this section, direct personal supervision means supervision of procedures based on instructions given directly by the supervising podiatrist or physician who remains in the immediate area where the procedures are being performed, authorizes the procedures and evaluates the procedures performed by the holder of the limited permit.

4. The holder of a limited permit issued pursuant to this section shall perform podiatric ankle surgery only in a hospital or health facility licensed pursuant to article twenty-eight of the public health law and appropriately authorized to provide such surgery.

5. Limited permits shall be issued for a period of one year, and may be renewed for additional one year periods when necessary to permit the completion of the training and experience required to obtain a podiatric standard ankle surgery privilege or podiatric advanced ankle surgery privilege, as applicable, provided that no permit may be renewed more than four times for each such privilege.

6. The fee for a limited permit shall be one hundred five dollars and the fee for a renewal shall be fifty dollars.