65-2004. Nature and scope of examinations; passing grade; fees; reexamination. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 65-2003, and amendments thereto, each applicant for a license to practice podiatry shall be examined by the board in the following subjects: Anatomy, bacteriology, chemistry, dermatology, histology, pathology, physiology, pharmacology and medicine, diagnosis, therapeutics, and clinical podiatry and surgery, limited in their scope to the treatment of the human foot, including the ankle and tendons which insert into the foot as well as the foot. If the applicant possesses the qualifications required by K.S.A. 65-2003, and amendments thereto, completes the examination prescribed with the passing grade as established by rules and regulations of the board and pays to the board the license fee established pursuant to K.S.A. 65-2012, and amendments thereto, such applicant shall be issued a license by the board to practice podiatry in this state.

(b) Each applicant before taking the examination shall pay to the board the examination fee established pursuant to K.S.A. 65-2012, and amendments thereto. Any applicant failing the examination may have a reexamination in accordance with criteria established by rules and regulations of the board, which criteria may limit the number of times an applicant may retake the examination.

History: L. 1927, ch. 246, § 5; L. 1975, ch. 323, § 3; L. 1979, ch. 197, § 4; L. 1987, ch. 239, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 240, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 246, § 3; L. 2014, ch. 131, § 62; May 22.