Pennsylvania HB 1223: An Act amending the act of March 2, 1956 (1955 P.L.1206, No.375), known as the Podiatry Practice Act, further providing for application for examination.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1439
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1223
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SANCHEZ, VENKAT, KHAN, WAXMAN,
HOHENSTEIN, RIVERA AND BOYD, APRIL 22, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 22, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 2, 1956 (1955 P.L.1206, No.375),
entitled "An act relating to and defining the practice of
podiatry; conferring powers and imposing duties on the State
Board of Podiatry Examiners and the Department of State;
requiring licensure; providing for the granting,
cancellation, suspension and revocation of licenses;
preserving the rights of existing licenses; providing for the
promulgation of rules and regulations; transfer of
jurisdiction and records to the board; regulation of schools
of chiropody and podiatry; reciprocity; and providing
penalties, and remedies," further providing for application
for examination.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4 of the act of March 2, 1956 (1955
P.L.1206, No.375), known as the Podiatry Practice Act, is
amended to read:
Section 4. Application for Examination.--Except as
hereinafter provided, any person not heretofore authorized to
practice podiatric medicine in this Commonwealth desiring to be
entitled to so practice, shall file with the board a written
application for examination accompanied by a fee determined by
the board by regulation and two unmounted finished photographs,
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one of which shall be verified by the dean of the school of
podiatric medicine and surgery which he attended, and by
satisfactory proof that the applicant is twenty-one years of
age, a [citizen of the United States of America, or has legally
declared an intention to become such a] resident of this
Commonwealth, of good moral character, is not addicted to the
intemperate use of alcohol or narcotic drugs. The applicant must
be a graduate of an accredited school of podiatric medicine and
surgery.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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