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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Interstate Podiatric Medical 2
Licensure Compact; creating s. 461.0181, F.S.; 3
creating the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure 4
Compact; providing purpose of the compact; providing 5
definitions; providing eligibility requirements for a 6
podiatric physician to receive an expedited license; 7
providing an exception; providing requirements for a 8
podiatric physician to designate or redesignate a 9
member state as the state of principal license for 10
certain purposes; providing requirements for a 11
podiatric physician to apply for and receive an 12
expedited license in a member state; providing 13
validity, termination, and fee requirements for an 14
expedited license; providing requirements for a 15
podiatric physician to renew an expedited license; 16
requiring the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure 17
Compact Commission to collect and distribute any 18
renewal fees in a specified manner; providing that 19
certain information be distributed to member boards; 20
requiring the commission to establish a coordinated 21
information system; providing reporting requirements 22
for such system; authorizing joint investigations of 23
the member boards; providing requirements for such 24
investigations; providing requirements for 25

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disciplinary actions; creating the Interstate 26
Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact Commission; 27
providing for purpose, membership, and meetings of the 28
commission; requiring the commission to make certain 29
information public record; requiring the commission to 30
establish an executive committee for certain purposes; 31
providing powers and duties, including financial 32
powers, of the commission; providing for organization 33
and operation, rulemaking authority, and oversight of 34
the commission; providing for the enforcement and 35
default procedures of the compact; providing for 36
dispute resolution procedures of the commission; 37
providing for membership, effective date, amendment, 38
withdrawal, and dissolution of the compact; providing 39
severability and construction; providing for binding 40
effect of the compact and other laws; providing an 41
effective date. 42
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the state of Florida: 44
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Section 1. Section 461.0181, Florida Statutes, is created 46
to read: 47
461.0181 Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact.—48
The Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact is hereby 49
enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other 50

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states legally joining therein in the form substantially as 51
follows: 52
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INTERSTATE PODIATRIC MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT 54
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ARTICLE I 56
PURPOSE 57
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(1) In order to strengthen access to health care, and in 59
recognition of the advances in the delivery in health care, the 60
member states of the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure 61
Compact have allied in common purpose to develop a comprehensive 62
process that complements the existing licensing and regulatory 63
authority of state podiatric medical boards and provides a 64
streamlined process that allows podiatric physicians to become 65
licensed in multiple states, enhancing the portability of a 66
podiatric medical license and ensuring the safety of patients. 67
(2) The compact creates another pathway for licensure and 68
does not otherwise change a state's existing Podiatric Medical 69
Practice Act. The compact also adopts the prevailing standard 70
for licensure and affirms that the practice of podiatric 71
medicine occurs where the patient is located at the time of the 72
podiatric physician-patient encounter, and therefore, requires 73
the podiatric physician to be under the jurisdiction of the 74
state podiatric medical board where the patient is located. 75

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State podiatric medical boards that participate in the compact 76
retain the jurisdiction to impose an adverse action against a 77
license to practice podiatric medicine in that state issued to a 78
podiatric physician through the procedures in the compact. 79
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ARTICLE II 81
DEFINITIONS 82
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As used in this compact, the term: 84
(1) "Bylaws" means those bylaws established by the 85
commission pursuant to Article XI. 86
(2) "Commission" means the Interstate Podiatric Medical 87
Licensure Compact Commission created pursuant to Article XI. 88
(3) "C