COMPILED CODE - Iowa Legislature - State of Iowa

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§§ 1321-a4-1321-a6. PODIATRY. Tit. VI, Ch. 6-A.
15 No school of podiatry shall be accredited by said board as a school
16 of good standing which does not require for graduation a course of
17 study of at least two years.
18 Upon payment of a fee of fifty dollars, a license without exam-
19 ination may be issued to podiatrists of other states maintaining equal
20 statutory requirements for the practice of podiatry and extending the
21 same reciprocal privilege to this state.
[39 G. A., ch. 113, § 3.]
SEC. 1321-a4. Scope of examination—grades required—fees.
1 Any person not exempt from examination under the preceding
2 section and desiring a license to practice podiatry shall be examined
3 in the following subjects : anatomy, chemistry, dermatology, diagnosis,
4 materia medica, pathology, physiology, therapeutic, clinical and ortho-
5 pedic podiatry, limited in their scope to the treatment of the foot, and,
6 if found qualified, shall receive a license. The minimum requirements
7 for a license shall be a general average of seventy-five per cent in all
8 the subjects involved and not less than fifty per cent in any one sub-
9 ject. Examination fees of fifteen dollars shall be paid to the secretary
10 of the state board of medical examiners.
11 Any applicant failing in the examination and being refused a
12 license shall be entitled within six months of such refusal to a reexam-
13 ination upon an additional fee of ten dollars for each examination, but
14 two such reexaminations shall exhaust his privilege under the orig-
15 inal examination.
[39 G. A., ch. 113, § 4.]
SEC. 1321-a5. Use of title—recording license—renewals.
1 All licensees shall be designated'as registered podiatrists and shall
2 not use any title or abbreviation thereof without the designation "reg-
3 istered podiatrist", "practice limited to the foot", and shall not mis-
4 lead the public as to their limited professional qualifications to treat
5 human ailments. All licenses shall be recorded in the manner of other
6 medical licenses in the office of the county recorder in which the
7 licensee practices. A renewal license fee of two dollars shall be paid
8 annually on July first of each year, and if not paid within three
9 months, the license shall be revoked and shall only be reissued upon
10 original application and examination. All licenses shall be conspicu-
11 ously displayed at the office or other place of practice.
[39 G. A., ch. 113, § 5.]
SEC. 1321-a6. Denial or revocation of license.
1 The state board of medical examiners may after due hearing
2 refuse to grant, revoke or renew any license provided for in this chap-
3 ter to a person, otherwise qualified, who obtained said license by
4 fraudulent representation, for incompetency in practice, for use of
5 untruthful or improbable statements to patients or in advertisements,
6 for habitual intoxication or for unprofessional and immoral conduct,
7 or for selling or giving away of alcohol or drugs for any other than
8 legitimate purposes, but said board may reissue a license after a lapse
9 of six months.
[39 G. A., ch. 113, § 6.]