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: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-12 - referred to higher education [S03758 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Thomas Libous [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-052	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jeffrey Klein [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-034	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Eric Adams [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-020	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator George Maziarz [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-062	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Suzi Oppenheimer [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-037	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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