# Title 63 — Board of Podiatric Medicine

## Article 63-02 — Licensure

## Chapter 63-02-01 — Application

### § 63-02-01-01. Application requirements.

Every person applying for an annual license to practice podiatric medicine shall submit the
following materials no later than thirty days preceding the date of the personal appearance or the
oral-practical examination:
1. A completed application form provided by the board.
2. A certified copy of a diploma from an approved or recognized school of podiatric medicine, or
its equivalent as determined by the board, granted to the applicant by such school.
3. A certified transcript from a recognized or approved school of podiatric medicine which
contains the date of graduation, degree granted, and the original seal of the school.
4. Three reference letters regarding the character of the applicant; no more than two from
teachers or doctors of podiatric medicine, and none from relatives.
5. An unmounted photograph of approximately three by four inches [7.62 by 10.16 centimeters]
of the applicant, taken within one hundred twenty days of the date of the application, and
signed across the front by the applicant.
6. An application fee and annual licensing fee.
7. For applicants graduating from and after July 1, 1991, evidence of satisfactory completion of a
program of clinical residency. A preceptorship program qualifies as a clinical residency only
until January 1, 1995.
8. Evidence of satisfactory completion of all parts of the American podiatric medical licensing
examination.
9. The applicant shall provide all information necessary for the board to perform individual state
background checks in each state in which the applicant has resided since the applicant's
eighteenth birthday.
10. The name and address of the applicant's professional liability insurance.

11. A statement as to the disposition of any medical malpractice settlement or award relating to
medical treatment by the applicant.
12. A primary source licensure verification of all state medical, podiatric, or professional license
held by the applicant.
History: Amended effective October 1, 1982; December 1, 1991; April 1, 2013; October 1, 2020.
General Authority: NDCC 43-05-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-05-01(2), 43-05-10, 43-05-11, 43-05-12, 43-05-15
### § 63-02-01-02. Recognized school.

A recognized or approved school of podiatric medicine means one accredited by the council on
podiatric medical education of the American podiatric medical association. The board, however,
reserves the right to add to or take from the accredited list of American schools of podiatric medicine by
a majority vote of the board. Foreign schools not approved by the council on podiatric medical
education of the American podiatric medical association shall be evaluated from curriculum, catalogs,
professors, and other data furnished by the applicant to the board, and translated into English, and
such translations certified to the board by the United States counsel or other qualified persons
approved by the board.
History: Effective October 1, 1982; amended effective December 1, 1991.
General Authority: NDCC 43-05-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-05-10, 43-05-11
### § 63-02-01-03. Application refunds.

Repealed effective December 1, 1991.
