Sec. 20-57. Licensure without examination.
Sec. 20-57. Licensure without examination. The Department of Public Health
may accept a certificate issued by the National Board of Podiatry Examiners or the
license of any state board of podiatry examiners or duly authorized licensing agency of
any state in the United States or in the District of Columbia, in lieu of the written examination provided for in this chapter, if the department finds that such applicant has been
graduated from a chiropody or podiatry school or college recognized by the Connecticut
Board of Examiners in Podiatry at the time of his graduation from such school or college
and that such state board or licensing agency maintains standards for licensure determined by the department to be equal to or higher than those of this state, and that he
has presented to said department evidence showing him to be of good professional
standing, provided the application shall be accompanied by a fee of four hundred fifty
dollars. No license shall be issued under this section to any applicant against whom
professional disciplinary action is pending or who is the subject of an unresolved complaint. The department shall inform the board annually of the number of applications it
receives for licensure under this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 4558; 1955, S. 2275d; 1957, P.A. 174, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 18; 1963, P.A. 334; February, 1965, P.A.
568, S. 1; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 47; P.A. 73-634; P.A. 76-113, S. 5; P.A. 80-484, S. 27, 176; P.A. 89-251, S. 78, 203; P.A.
93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-210, S. 23, 30; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: 1959 act increased application fee from $75; 1963 act added provision re acceptance by board of certificate
issued by National Board of Podiatry Examiners; 1965 act added certification by National Board of Podiatry Examiners
as exception to 5-year practice requirement; 1971 act increased application fee from $100 to $150; P.A. 73-634 permitted
board to require that applicant pass an oral and practical examination; P.A. 76-113 deleted citizenship requirement for
applicants; P.A. 80-484 transferred powers to waive written examination, etc. from board of examiners to health services
department, deleted provision re oral and practical examinations and requirements that applicant be or intends to become
a resident, that he have practiced continuously for 5 years that he be of good moral character, replaced "certificate of
qualification" with "license" and prohibited issuance of license to applicants against whom disciplinary action is pending
or who are subject of an unresolved complaint and required that board be informed of number of applications annually;
P.A. 89-251 increased the application fee from $150 to $450; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with
department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-210 added reference to duly authorized
licensing agency of any state, replaced requirement that examination be substantially similar to or of higher quality than
Connecticut examination with requirement that exam be equal to or higher than Connecticut exam in quality, removed
reciprocity requirement and requirement of 10 years of practice outside of state if in state examination is not passed,
effective June 9, 1994; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with
Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
Sec. 20-51 et seq. cited. 207 C. 674.