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HOUSE BILL NO. 6

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H0006........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
               Requested by: Bureau of Occupational Licenses
PODIATRISTS - Amends existing law to provide for the suspension, denial,
refusal or revocation of a license due to a person's inability to practice
podiatry due to a physical or mental disability.
                                                                        
01/08    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
    Rpt prt - to Health/Wel

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                      HOUSE BILL NO. 6
                                                                        
                                       BY MR. SPEAKER
                       Requested by: Bureau of Occupational Licenses
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PODIATRY; AMENDING SECTION  54-608,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO
  3        PROVIDE FOR THE SUSPENSION, DENIAL, REFUSAL OR REVOCATION OF A LICENSE DUE
  4        TO  A  PERSON'S  INABILITY TO PRACTICE PODIATRY BY REASON OF A PHYSICAL OR
  5        MENTAL DISABILITY.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION 1.  That Section 54-608, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        54-608.  GROUNDS FOR SUSPENSION, DENIAL, REFUSAL TO RENEW OR REVOCATION OF
 10    LICENSE. No license may be issued, and a license previously issued may be sus-
 11    pended or revoked, if the person applying, or the person licensed is:
 12        1.  Found  guilty  by a court of competent jurisdiction of a felony or any
 13    offense involving moral turpitude;
 14        2.  Found by the board to be a repeated and excessive abuser of any  drug,
 15    including alcohol, or any controlled substance;
 16        3.  Found  by the board to be in violation of any provision of this act or
 17    the rules promulgated pursuant thereto;
 18        4.  Found by the board to have used fraud or deception in the procuring of
 19    any license;
 20        5.  Found by the board to have had  any  action,  including  denial  of  a
 21    license  or  the  voluntary surrender of or voluntary limitation on a license,
 22    taken against the licensee by any peer review body, any health  care  institu-
 23    tion,  any  professional  medical  society  or  association  or any court, law
 24    enforcement or governmental agency; or
 25        6.  Found by the board to have been unethical, unprofessional or dishonor-
 26    able in the practice of healing the sick.
 27        7.  Found by the board to be unable to practice podiatry  with  reasonable
 28    skill and safety by reason of a physical or mental disability.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                           RS 10483 
                                
                                
The purpose of this legislation is to further protect the 
health safety and welfare of the public.  Currently, the law 
does not provide for protection of the public in regard to 
licensed Podiatrists with physical or mental disabilities 
that hinder their practice. 


                                
                         FISCAL IMPACT 

There is no fiscal impact to the general fund or dedicated 
funds. 

                                                       


CONTACT 
Name:     Thomas E. Limbaugh, Bureau of Occupational 
          Licenses, Board of Podiatry 
Phone:    334-3233 


Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note          H 6