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2009 Connecticut Code
Title 20 Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
Chapter 375 Podiatry
Sec. 20-50a. Requirements for surgery.
Sec. 20-50a. Requirements for surgery. Podiatric surgery requiring an anesthetic
other than a local anesthetic shall be performed in a facility accredited by the Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations or a free standing surgery
center accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, by a
licensed podiatrist who is accredited by the credentials committee of the medical staff
of such facility to perform podiatric surgery in conformance with rules promulgated by
the chief of the surgical department of said facility taking into account the training,
experience, demonstrated competence and judgment of each such licensed podiatrist,
and such podiatrist shall comply with such rules. Podiatric surgery shall not include
amputation of the leg or foot other than from the transmetatarsal level to the toes.(P.A. 91-113, S. 2; P.A. 97-213, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 97-213 added reference to transmetatarsal level re amputation.
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