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Tit. VI, Ch. 6-A. PODIATRY. §§ 1314-1321-a3.
SEC. 1314. Expenses of secretary—supplies. NO change made
r * r r by 39 G. A. but
1 Out of the fund created by the payment of fees by applicants for SJg»^ *feí£¡X
2 examination or certificates the secretary shall receive his necessary *" *° ****•
3 expenses incurred for services which can not be performed at the
4 capítol. All printing, postage, and other contingent office expenses
5 necessarily incurred under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid
6 from said fund. Any balance of said funds remaining shall be turned
7 over to the state treasurer for the use of the school fund.
[C, '97, § 2583; S., '13, § 2583; 35 G. A., ch. 207, § 1 ; 39
G. A., ch. 209, § 46.]
NOTE: 39 G. A., ch. 209, § 46 struck out of section 2683 of the supplement to
the code, 1913, certain language which was omitted from section 1314 of the compiled
code because obsolete and supplanted by the subsequent legislation of 35
G. A., ch. 207, § 1. 39 G. A., ch. 209, § 46 is now added to the historic reference
of the above section, otherwise the section is in the same form as it appeared in
the compiled code.
CHAPTER 6-A.
PODIATRY.
SECTION 1321-al. Definitions.
1 Podiatry (sometimes called chiropody) shall for the purpose of
2 this chapter mean the diagnosis and medical and surgical treatment
3 of ailments of the human foot. Podiatrist shall mean one practicing
4 podiatry.
[39 G. A., ch. 113, § 1.]
SEC. 1321-a2. License required—scope of practice.
1 It shall be unlawful for any person to profess to be a podiatrist,
2 to practice or assume the duties incident to podiatry, without first
3 obtaining from the state board of medical examiners a license author-
4 izing the practice of podiatry in this state, except as hereinafter pro-
5 vided. No podiatrist shall amputate the human foot or toe or toes, or
6 use any anesthetic other than local.
[39 G. A., ch. 113, § 2.]
SEC. 1321-a3. Board of examiners—examinations—qualifications
—licenses.
1 At the annual meeting of the state board of medical examiners
2 it shall select two physicians from its own membership and two
3 licensed podiatrists, residents of this state and actively engaged in
4 the practice of podiatry, who, together with the secretary of the state
5 board of medical examiners, shall constitute the podiatry examiners
6 for the year.
7 The examinations shall be held in the city of Des Moines, in July
8 of each year and at such other times and places as the state board of
9 medical examiners shall direct.
10 All applicants for license shall have attained the age of twenty-
11 one years and shall be of good moral character ; they shall have had
12 at least one year of instruction in and be graduates of some school of
13 podiatry, recognized as being in good standing by the state board of
14 medical examiners.