If the original license of an applicant was obtained by
state board examination, the applicant must have the state board where original
license was obtained by written examination submit a certified copy of the
examination directly to the Board.
The Board may affiliate with and recognize for the purpose
of waiving examination and may grant licenses to Diplomates of the National
Board of Podiatric Examiners. If a Diplomate of the National Board of Podiatric
Examiners, the applicant must have certification of endorsement from that Board
submitted directly to the Board.
In addition to the above requirements for licensure by
reciprocity and/or endorsement, an individual shall meet the following
requirements:
A. Applicant must be
twenty-one (21) years of age, and of good moral character.
B. Applicant must have had at least four (4)
years high school and be graduate of same; he or she shall have at least one
(1) year pre-podiatry college education.
C. Present a diploma from a college of
podiatric medicine recognized by the Board as being in good standing, subject
to the following conditions.
1. Any diploma
or other document required to be submitted to the Board by an applicant which
is not in the English language must be accompanied by a certified translation
thereof into English.
2. No college
of podiatry or chiropody shall be accredited by the Board as a college of good
standing which does not require for graduation a course of study of at least
four (4) years (eight and one-half [81/2] months each) and be recognized by the
Council on Education of the American Podiatry Association at the time of
graduation.
D. Present
proof of completion of one (1) year of APMA-approved postgraduate training in
the U.S. or Canada. If the podiatrist graduated from an accredited college of
podiatric medicine prior to 1990, has continuously practiced for the past ten
(10) years and has held unrestricted license(s) to practice podiatry, the one
(1) year of APMA-approved postgraduate training may be waived at the Board's
discretion.
E. Present certified
copy of birth certificate or valid passport.
F. Complete an application for podiatry
license and submit it to the Board in the manner prescribed by the Board with a
recent passport type photograph.
G.
Submit fee prescribed by the Board.
H. Appear for a personal interview in the
office of the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure and successfully
pass the Jurisprudence Examination as administered by the Board.
