Bill Title: Expands the definition of the practice of podiatry to include conditions of the ankle and all soft tissue structures of the leg below the knee anatomically affecting the foot and ankle; establishes podiatrists licensed prior to the effective date of this act need to be certified to operate on the ankle; provides for the conducting of office based surgery by podiatrists; directs the department of health to study the feasibility of a podiatrist profiling program; authorizes the calling of a physician as an expert witness in a podiatric medical malpractice cause of action.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to higher education [A03475 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember Gary Pretlow [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-089	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Dennis Gabryszak [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-143	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Jeffrion Aubry [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-035	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Keith Wright [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-070	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Kenneth Zebrowski [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-096	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember David Weprin [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-024	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Michael Simanowitz [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-027	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krasny [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Marcos Crespo [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-085	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Sandra Galef [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-095	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Earlene Hooper [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-052	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Rory Lancman [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-025	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator George Latimer [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-037	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Donna Lupardo [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-123	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Robert Reilly [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-109	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Harvey Weisenberg [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-020	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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