| (a) All residency programs requesting temporary residency
licenses for their enrollees must meet all American Podiatric Medical
Association/Council on Podiatric Medical Education (APMA/CPME) requirements
for accreditation.
(b) The residency director will be held responsible
for the entire program including but not limited to:
(1) ensuring that the temporary residency licensee
is practicing within the scope of the residency program requirements;
(2) ensuring that the temporary residency licensee
has read and understood the Act and Rules governing the practice of
podiatric medicine; and
(3) ensuring that all residency program attendees are
properly licensed with the department prior to participation in the
program. A temporary residency license to practice podiatric medicine
expires on June 30 of each year.
(c) Within thirty (30) days after the start date of
the program each year, the residency director must report to the department
a list of all residents enrolled in the program.
(d) A temporary residency license is valid for one
year and the licensee must renew on a department-approved application
and pay the required fee. The annual renewal application notification
will be deemed to be written notice of the impending license expiration
forwarded to the person at the person's last known address.
(e) A temporary license holder shall not be considered
to be a fully licensed podiatrist who independently practices podiatric
medicine without supervision. A temporary residency license holder
is a person in training and is limited by the GPME program for residency
based supervised patient encounters, supervision of which is designed
to protect patients and the citizens of Texas.
(f) A person enrolled in a GPME program must hold a
temporary residency license at all times and shall not be considered
to be qualified for a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine license until all
residency program requirements have been completed and fulfilled as
certified by the GPME program residency director, and all other requirements
for licensure have been attained.
(g) Residents enrolled in an accredited GPME residency
program who hold a temporary residency license (i.e. denoted with
the letter "T" followed by numerals) may register with the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA) to prescribe controlled substances
subject to the supervision of the program and residency director.
Under no circumstances are residents allowed to prescribe controlled
substances for purposes outside of the approved residency program.
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