58-5a-302. Qualifications to practice podiatry.
An applicant for licensure to practice podiatry shall:
(1) submit an application in a form the division approves;
(2) pay a fee as determined by the department under Section; 63J-1-504
(3) provide satisfactory documentation of having successfully completed a program of professional education preparing an individual as a podiatric physician, as evidenced by having received an earned degree of doctor of podiatric medicine from a podiatry school or college accredited by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education;
(4) if licensed on or after July 1, 2015, satisfy the division and board that the applicant: has successfully completed 24 months of resident training in a program approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education; or has successfully completed 12 months of resident training in a program approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education after receiving a degree of doctor of podiatric medicine as required under Subsection; (3) has been accepted in, and is successfully participating in, progressive resident training in a Council on Podiatric Medical Education approved program within Utah, in the applicant's second or third year of postgraduate training; and has agreed to surrender to the division the applicant's license as a podiatric physician without any proceedings under, and has agreed the applicant's license as a podiatric physician will be automatically revoked by the division if the applicant fails to continue in good standing in a Council on Podiatric Medical Education approved progressive resident training program within the state; Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act
(5) pass examinations required by rule; and
(6) consent to, and complete, a criminal background check, described in Section; 58-1-301.5 meet any other standard related to the criminal background check described in Subsection, that the division establishes by rule in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act; and (6)(a) disclose any criminal history the division requests on a form the division approves.