California Business and Professions Code 2475.3 – (a) The board shall approve podiatric residency programs, as …
(a) The board shall approve podiatric residency programs, as defined in Section 2475.2, in the field of podiatric medicine, for persons who are applicants for or have been issued a certificate to practice podiatric medicine pursuant to this article.
(b) The board may only approve a podiatric residency that it determines meets all of the following requirements:
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 2475.3
- Board: means the Podiatric Medical Board of California. See California Business and Professions Code 2461
- certificate: as used in this chapter are deemed to be synonomous. See California Business and Professions Code 2040
- podiatric medicine: means the diagnosis, medical, surgical, mechanical, manipulative, and electrical treatment of the human foot, including the ankle and tendons that insert into the foot and the nonsurgical treatment of the muscles and tendons of the leg governing the functions of the foot. See California Business and Professions Code 2472
- podiatric residency: means a program of supervised postgraduate clinical training, one year or more in duration, approved by the board. See California Business and Professions Code 2475.2
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21
(1) Reasonably conforms with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s Institutional Requirements of the Essentials of Accredited Residencies in Graduate Medical Education: Institutional and Program Requirements.
(2) Is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education.
(3) Complies with the requirements of this state.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 586, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)