CT SB00306

Licensed podiatrists who are board qualified or certified by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery or American Board of Podiatric Orthopedics and Primary Podiatric Medicine may treat ankle conditions medically and non-surgically, but require a permit for surgical ankle treatment.

Podiatrists may obtain permits for standard ankle surgery (soft tissue and osseous procedures) if they graduated from an accredited three-year residency program after June 1, 2006, and hold current board certification in reconstructive rearfoot ankle surgery, or meet alternative qualification requirements for graduates before that date.

Permits for advanced ankle surgery procedures (including ankle fracture fixation, fusion, arthroscopy, and specific external fixation procedures) require additional training and experience documentation beyond standard ankle surgery qualifications.

Podiatrists performing ankle surgery under direct supervision of a physician or supervising podiatrist with appropriate qualifications are exempt from the permit requirement.

The Connecticut Board of Examiners in Podiatry shall assist the Commissioner of Public Health in evaluating applicants' training and experience; regulations implementing the permit requirements were to be adopted by July 1, 2015, with an effective date of October 1, 2018.