H*2371(Rat #0118, Act #0077 of 1981)  General Bill, By R.A. Kohn
 A Bill to amend Sections 40-51-60, 40-51-100 and 40-51-110, Code of Laws of
 South Carolina, 1976, relating to licenses to practice podiatry, so as to
 raise the initial license application fee from fifty to one hundred fifty
 dollars, and to amend Section 40-51-140, relating to renewal license fees to
 practice podiatry, so as to increase such renewal license fees from ten to
 twenty-five dollars per year and increase delinquent fees to forty dollars per
 year.-at

   02/10/81  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-534
   02/10/81  House  Referred to Committee on Medical, Military,
                     Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-534
   04/08/81  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
                     HJ-1705
   04/14/81  House  Amended HJ-1833
   04/14/81  House  Read second time HJ-1833
   04/15/81  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-1863
   04/15/81  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-20
   04/15/81  Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs SJ-20
   04/30/81  Senate Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs SJ-18
   05/05/81  Senate Read second time SJ-8
   05/12/81  Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-26
   05/19/81  House  Ratified R 118 HJ-2469
   05/21/81         Signed By Governor
   05/21/81         Effective date 05/21/81
   05/21/81         Act No. 77
   06/02/81         Copies available

    AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 40-61-50, 40-51-100 AND 40-51-110, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LICENSES TO PRACTICE PODIATRY, SO AS TO RAISE THE INITIAL LICENSE APPLICATION FEE FROM FIFTY TO ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS, AND TO AMEND SECTION 40-51-140, RELATING TO RENEWAL LICENSE FEES TO PRACTICE PODIATRY, SO AS TO INCREASE SUCH RENEWAL LICENSE FEES FROM TEN TO TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER YEAR AND INCREASE DELINQUENT FEE TO FORTY DOLLARS PER YEAR.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA:
APPLICATION-FEE
    SECTION 1. SECTION 40-51-60 OF THE 1976 CODE IS AMENDED BY STRIKING "FIFTY" ON LINE TWO AND INSERTING "ONE HUNDRED FIFTY". THE SECTION WHEN AMENDED SHALL READ:
    "SECTION 40-51-60. ANY PERSON DESIRING TO ENTER UPON THE PRACTICE OF PODIATRY IN THIS STATE SHALL PAY A FEE OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS TO THE BOARD AND FILE WITH THE BOARD A WRITTEN APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATION, TOGETHER WITH SATISFACTORY PROOF THAT HE IS TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR OVER AND OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AND HAS RECEIVED FOUR YEARS HIGH SCHOOL TRAINING AND HAS COMPLETED AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF PRE-PODIATRY TRAINING AT A RECOGNIZED COLLEGE AND HAS RECEIVED A DIPLOMA OR CERTIFICATE OF GRADUATION FROM A RECOGNIZED COLLEGE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE HAVING A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF FOUR CONSECUTIVE SCHOLASTIC YEARS, EMBRACING AT LEAST NINE MONTHS OF INSTRUCTION EACH YEAR, A MINIMUM OF THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY HOURS IN THE DIFFERENT CALENDAR YEARS. ANY SUCH APPLICANT SHALL, IF FOUND QUALIFIED, BE REGISTERED AND SHALL RECEIVE IN TESTIMONY THEREOF A LICENSE TO PRACTICE PODIATRY."
EXAMINATION-FEE
    SECTION 2. SECTION 40-51-100 OF THE 1976 CODE IS AMENDED BY STRIKING "FIFTY" ON LINE THREE AND INSERTING "ONE HUNDRED FIFTY". THE SECTION WHEN AMENDED SHALL READ:
    "SECTION 40-51-100. EVERY APPLICANT FOR AN EXAMINATION FOR A LICENSE TO PRACTICE PODIATRY OR CHIROPODY SHALL, AT THE TIME OF FILING HIS APPLICATION, PAY TO THE BOARD OF PODIATRY EXAMINERS A FEE OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS. IN CASE THE APPLICATION IS DENIED AND EXAMINATION IS REFUSED THE FEE SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE APPLICANT. ANY APPLICANT WHO FAILS TO PASS AN EXAMINATION SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A REEXAMINATION WITHIN SIX MONTHS, UPON THE PAYMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL FEE OF FIFTY DOLLARS, BUT ONLY TWO SUCH REEXAMINATIONS SHALL BE PERMITTED UNDER THE PRIVILEGE OF THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION."
RECIPROCITY-FEE
    SECTION 3. SECTION 40-51-110 OF THE 1976 CODE IS AMENDED BY STRIKING "FIFTY" ON LINE ONE AND INSERTING "ONE HUNDRED FIFTY". THE SECTION WHEN AMENDED SHALL READ:
    "SECTION 40-51-110. UPON PAYMENT OF A FEE OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS A LICENSE MAY BE ISSUED TO PODIATRISTS OR CHIROPODISTS REMOVING TO THIS STATE FROM OTHER STATES MAINTAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRACTICE OF PODIATRY OR CHIROPODY EQUAL TO THE STANDARD IN THIS STATE AND EXTENDING THE SAME RECIPROCAL PRIVILEGES TO PODIATRISTS OR CHIROPODISTS OF THIS STATE. ANY PODIATRIST OR CHIROPODIST WHO HAS BEEN PRACTICING HIS PROFESSION IN ANY STATE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR OR MORE WHO HAS BEEN DULY LICENSED BY A STATE BOARD AND WHO HAS ENJOYED DURING SUCH TIME GOOD MORAL AND PROFESSIONAL REPUTE AND SHALL BE RECOMMENDED BY THE PODIATRIST OR CHIROPODIST SOCIETY OR ASSOCIATION OF HIS STATE MAY UPON PRESENTATION OF PROPER CREDENTIALS BE ISSUED A LICENSE WITHOUT EXAMINATION."
LICENSE RENEWAL-FEE
    SECTION 4. SECTION 40-51-140 OF THE 1976 CODE IS AMENDED BY STRIKING "TEN" ON LINE TWO AND INSERTING "TWENTY-FIVE" AND BY STRIKING "TWENTY-FIVE" ON THE LAST LINE AND INSERTING "FORTY". THE SECTION WHEN AMENDED SHALL READ:
    "SECTION 40-51-140. EVERY PERSON LICENSED TO PRACTICE PODIATRY OR CHIROPODY MUST PAY ANNUALLY A RENEWAL LICENSE FEE OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS. IF SUCH RENEWAL FEE IS NOT PAID WITHIN THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF NOTIFICATION BY THE SECRETARY THAT SUCH FEE IS DUE, THE LICENSE OF THE PERSON SO FAILING TO PAY SHALL BE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED AND SHALL BE REISSUED ONLY BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE BOARD OF PODIATRY EXAMINERS AND UPON PAYMENT OF A FEE OF FORTY DOLLARS."
TIME EFFECTIVE
    SECTION 5. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON APPROVAL BY THE GOVERNOR.