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By Mr. Vallee of Franklin, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2269) of James E. Vallee relative to the registration of podiatrists. Public Health. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
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By Mr. Vallee of Franklin, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2269) of James E. Vallee relative to the registration of podiatrists. Public Health. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 112 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 13 and inserting in place thereof the following section: -
Section 13: Podiatry as used in this chapter shall mean the diagnosis and treatment of the structures of the human foot and ankle by medical, mechanical, surgical, manipulative and electrical means, and expecting treatment of systematic conditions. Ankle surgery shall require appropriate certification or documented advanced training, as determined sufficient by the Board of Registration in Podiatry. This section and sections fourteen to twenty-two, inclusive, shall not apply to surgeons of the United States army, navy or the United States Public Health Service, nor to physicians registered in the commonwealth. The term physician and surgeon when used in sections twelve B, twelve G, twenty-three N and eighty B shall include a podiatrist acting within the limitation imposed by this section.