The Florida Senate

461.014  Residency.--The board shall encourage and develop podiatric residency programs in hospitals in this state and shall establish such programs by the promulgation of rules, subject to the following conditions:

(1)  Any residency program shall be approved by the Council of Podiatry Education of the American Podiatry Association.

(2)  A residency program may be established only at a hospital where a duly licensed podiatric physician is on the hospital staff or is otherwise in a supervisory position.

(3)  Every resident shall register with the board through the submission of forms provided by the board, which forms shall, besides other required information, reflect the date of commencement of residency.

(4)  Every hospital having a residency program shall semiannually, on January 1 and July 1 of each year, provide the board with a list of podiatric residents and such other information as is required by the board.

(5)  No program in residency shall allow a resident to continue as such, unlicensed, for an aggregate period of time in excess of 2 years.

History.--s. 1, ch. 80-111; s. 314, ch. 81-259; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 12, 13, ch. 86-71; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 207, ch. 98-166.