Register September 2012 No. 681

Chapter Pod 4

BIENNIAL REGISTRATION

Pod 4.01 Registration required; method of registration.

Pod 4.02 Registration prohibited, annulled; reregistration.

Pod 4.03 Failure to be registered.

Pod 4.01 Pod 4.01  Registration required; method of registration. Each licensee shall register biennially with the board. Prior to November 1 of each odd-numbered year the department shall mail to each licensee at his or her last known address an application form for registration. Each licensee shall complete the application form and return it with the required fee prior to November 1 of that year. The board shall notify the licensee within 30 business days of receipt of a completed registration form whether the application for registration is approved or denied.

Pod 4.01 History History: Cr. Register, January, 2000, No. 529, eff. 2-1-00.

Pod 4.02 Pod 4.02  Registration prohibited, annulled; reregistration. Any podiatrist required to comply with the provisions of s. 448.665, Stats., and of ch. Pod 3, and who has not so complied, shall not be permitted to register. Any person whose license has been suspended or revoked shall not be permitted to register, and the registration of any person shall be automatically annulled upon the effective date of the board's order suspending or revoking the license. A person whose license has been suspended or revoked and subsequently restored shall be reregistered by the board upon receipt by the board of a completed registration form.

Pod 4.02 History History: Cr. Register, January, 2000, No. 529, eff. 2-1-00.

Pod 4.03 Pod 4.03  Failure to be registered.

Pod 4.03(1) (1) A licensee who fails for whatever reason to be registered as required under this chapter shall not exercise the rights or privileges conferred by any license granted by the board.

Pod 4.03(2) (2) Failure to renew a license by November 1 of odd-numbered years shall cause the license to lapse. A licensee who allows the license to lapse may apply to the board for reinstatement of the license as follows:

Pod 4.03(2)(a) (a) If the licensee applies for renewal of the license less than 5 years after its expiration, the license shall be renewed upon payment of the renewal fee and fulfillment of the continuing education requirements.

Pod 4.03(2)(b) (b) If the licensee applies for renewal of the license more than 5 years after its expiration, the board shall make an inquiry to determine whether the applicant is competent to practice under the license in this state, and shall impose any reasonable conditions on reinstatement of the license, including oral examination, as the board deems appropriate. All applicants under this paragraph shall be required to pass the open book examination on statutes and rules, which is the same examination given to initial applicants.

Pod 4.03 History History: Cr. Register, January, 2000, No. 529, eff. 2-1-00.