§ 7010. Ankle surgery limited permits. A limited permit to perform
podiatric standard ankle surgery, as described in subdivision two of
section seven thousand one of this article, may be issued by the
department to a podiatrist who is licensed pursuant to this article and
who has met the residency and board qualification/certification
requirements set forth in subdivision one of section seven thousand nine
of this article in order to authorize such podiatrist to obtain the
training and experience required for the issuance of a podiatric
standard ankle surgery privilege pursuant to subdivision one of section
seven thousand nine of this article. Such permits shall authorize the
performance of podiatric standard ankle surgery only under the direct
personal supervision of a licensed podiatrist holding a podiatric
standard ankle surgery privilege or a podiatric advanced ankle surgery
privilege issued pursuant to section seven thousand nine of this article
or of a physician licensed pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one of
this title and certified in orthopedic surgery by a national certifying
board having certification standards acceptable to the department.

2. A limited permit to perform podiatric advanced ankle surgery, as
described in subdivision two of section seven thousand one of this
article, may be issued by the department to a podiatrist who is licensed
pursuant to this article and who has met the residency and board
certification requirements set forth in subdivision two of section seven
thousand nine of this article in order to authorize such podiatrist to
obtain the training and experience required for the issuance of a
podiatric advanced ankle surgery privilege pursuant to subdivision two
of section seven thousand nine of this article. Such permits shall
authorize the performance of podiatric advanced ankle surgery only under
the direct personal supervision of a licensed podiatrist holding a
podiatric advanced ankle surgery privilege issued pursuant to
subdivision two of section seven thousand nine of this article or of a
physician licensed pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one of this
title and certified in orthopedic surgery by a national certifying board
having certification standards acceptable to the department.

3. For the purposes of this section, direct personal supervision means
supervision of procedures based on instructions given directly by the
supervising podiatrist or physician who remains in the immediate area
where the procedures are being performed, authorizes the procedures and
evaluates the procedures performed by the holder of the limited permit.

4. The holder of a limited permit issued pursuant to this section
shall perform podiatric ankle surgery only in a hospital or health
facility licensed pursuant to article twenty-eight of the public health
law and appropriately authorized to provide such surgery.

5. Limited permits shall be issued for a period of one year, and may
be renewed for additional one year periods when necessary to permit the
completion of the training and experience required to obtain a podiatric
standard ankle surgery privilege or podiatric advanced ankle surgery
privilege, as applicable, provided that no permit may be renewed more
than four times for each such privilege.

6. The fee for a limited permit shall be one hundred five dollars and
the fee for a renewal shall be fifty dollars.