20 CSR 2230-2.065 - Temporary Licenses for Internship/Residency

PURPOSE: This rule is being amended to restructure the existing regulation and streamline the application process.

PURPOSE: This rule outlines the requirements and procedures for obtaining a temporary license.

(1) Any applicant desiring to serve a period of internship/residency in a Missouri hospital may do so without obtaining a permanent license from the board if he/she qualifies for and obtains a temporary license for internship/residency for a two- (2-) year period from the board.

(2) Applications for a temporary license must be made on the forms provided by the board and may be obtained from the board office at PO Box 1335, Jefferson City, MO 65102-1335 or by visiting the board's website at https://pr.mo.gov/podiatrists.asp. A copy of the current statutory provisions and board rules regarding the practice of podiatric medicine can be accessed on the board's website or obtained by contacting the board office.

(3) No application will be considered until the board receives all of the following:

(A) All sections on the application form completed and properly attested;

(B) A recent photograph;

(C) The current temporary license fee. All fees are non-refundable;

(D) An official transcript from an approved college of podiatric medicine from which the applicant graduated. If the applicant has attended more than one (1) college of podiatric medicine in order to obtain all of his/her credits for graduation, the applicant shall submit official transcripts from all colleges he/she attended;

(E) A certified score report from the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners or successor thereof, certifying satisfactory completion of Parts I and II of the National Board Examination;

(F) A letter from the residency director at the Missouri hospital where the applicant will be serving his/her Council on Podiatric Medical Education approved internship/residency program with the beginning and ending dates of the postgraduate clinical residency program;

(G) A completed Missouri State Highway Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint background check. Proof shall consist of any documentation acceptable to the board. Any fees due shall be paid by the applicant to the Missouri State Highway Patrol or its approved vendor; and

(H) Any additional documentation deemed necessary by the board.

(4) No person temporarily registered as an intern/resident shall practice podiatric medicine outside the physical confines of the sponsoring hospital; provided, however, that an intern/resident may practice at any facility approved for the residency by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education.

(5) For newly established postgraduate clinical internship/residency programs, a temporary license may be issued to applicants when the postgraduate clinical internship/residency program is accorded preliminary approval or candidate status by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education. However, an intern/resident who applies for a permanent license upon completion of such a postgraduate clinical internship/residency program will not be eligible for permanent licensure until his/her postgraduate clinical internship/residency program completes all the steps necessary for and receives approval or accreditation by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education. The date on which the Council on Podiatric Medical Education deems the postgraduate clinical internship/residency program approved or accredited shall be the starting date from which an intern/resident shall receive credit toward the intern's/resident's required period of postgraduate clinical internship/residency.

(6) The temporary license for postgraduate clinical internship/residency, upon approval by the board for good cause shown, may be renewed for an additional one- (1-) year period. If during the period of internship/residency specified in the temporary license, the holder thereof transfers from the internship/residency program the holder must, before such transfer, receive approval for the transfer from the board. Upon approval of the transfer, the temporary license will remain valid from the original date of issuance.

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20 CSR 2230-2.065

AUTHORITY: sections 330.010 and 330.065, RSMo Supp. 2006 and 330.140, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 230-2.065. Original rule filed Dec. 9, 1981, effective March 11, 1982. Amended: Filed Aug. 9, 1993, effective March 10, 1994. Amended: Filed Oct. 25, 1995, effective May 30, 1996. Amended: Filed Oct. 30, 1997, effective April 30, 1998. Amended: Filed June 1, 1999, effective Nov. 30, 1999. Amended: Filed Aug. 12, 1999, effective Feb. 29, 2000. Amended: Filed Sept. 1, 2004, effective March 30, 2005. Moved to 20 CSR 2230-2.065, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed July 11, 2007, effective Jan. 30, 2008. Amended by Missouri Register March 2, 2020/Volume 45, Number 5, effective 4/30/2020

*Original authority: 330.010, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1961, 1969, 1976, 1995, 1998, 2005; 330.065, RSMo 1981, 2005; and 330.140, RSMo 1945, amended 1981, 1993, 1995, 1998.