Bill Text: MS SB2106 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Practice of podiatry; revise to include treatment of the ankle, muscles or tendons of the lower leg.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee [SB2106 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2015-SB2106-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Welfare
By: Senator(s) Burton
Senate Bill 2106
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-27-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE TO INCLUDE THE TREATMENT OF THE ANKLE, MUSCLES OR TENDONS OF THE LOWER LEG GOVERNING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE FOOT AND ANKLE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 73-27-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-27-1. (1) (a) The practice of podiatric medicine is that profession concerned with the prevention, examination, diagnosis and medical, surgical and adjuvant treatment of conditions of the human foot. For the purposes of this chapter, "foot" means that part of the human anatomy which consists of the tarsal bones, metatarsal bones and phalanges.
(b) The practice of podiatric medicine shall also include treatment of the ankle, muscles or tendons of the lower leg governing the functions of the foot and ankle by a podiatrist who has completed advanced training determined to be sufficient by the board at a program accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting association acceptable by the board. Implementation of the provisions of this paragraph shall be made pursuant to rules promulgated by the board which are predicated on the education or level of training, or both, of an applicant.
(2) A podiatrist is a medical care provider who engages in the practice of podiatric medicine.
(3) A podiatrist may prescribe and administer drugs and tests, excluding general and spinal anesthesia, that are essential to the practice of podiatric medicine when used for or in connection with treatment of disorders of the human foot, ankle, muscles or tendons of the lower leg governing the functions of the foot and ankle.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015.
