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2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 297
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Article - Health Occupations
16-101.
(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) "Board" means the State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners.
(c) "License" means, unless the context requires otherwise, a license issued by
the Board to practice podiatry.
(d) "Licensed podiatrist" means, unless the context requires otherwise, a
podiatrist who is licensed by the Board to practice podiatry.
(e) "Podiatrist" means an individual who practices podiatry.
(f) (1) "Practice podiatry" means to diagnose or surgically, medically, or
mechanically treat [any ailment of] the human foot or ankle, [or any ailment of] the
anatomical structures that attach to the human foot, OR THE SOFT TISSUE BELOW
THE MID-CALF.
(2) "Practice podiatry" does not include:
(i) Surgical treatment of acute ankle fracture; or
(ii) Administration of an anesthetic, other than a local anesthetic.
16-103.
(a) All OSSEOUS surgical procedures of the ankle below the level of the dermis,
arthrodeses of 2 or more tarsal bones, and complete tarsal osteotomies that are
performed by a licensed podiatrist shall be performed in a licensed hospital OR
AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER, subject to the provisions of § 19-351 of the Health
- General Article.
(B) A LICENSED PODIATRIST WHO PERFORMS A AN OSSEOUS SURGICAL
PROCEDURE OF THE ANKLE BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE DERMIS, ARTHRODESES
ARTHRODESIS OF 2 OR MORE TARSAL BONES, OR A COMPLETE TARSAL OSTEOTOMY
IN A LICENSED AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER MUST:
(1) HAVE ACTIVE CURRENT SURGICAL PRIVILEGES AT A LICENSED
HOSPITAL FOR THE SAME PROCEDURE; AND
(2) MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE AMBULATORY SURGICAL
CENTER
[(b)] (C) Nothing in this title shall prohibit a licensed hospital OR
AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER from establishing qualifications or delineating
privileges for the performance of surgical procedures of the HUMAN FOOT OR ankle
[and], the anatomical structures that attach to the HUMAN foot, OR THE SOFT
TISSUE BELOW THE MID-CALF by a licensed podiatrist in the hospital OR
AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER.
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