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ACFAS Board of Directors Endorses Model Scope of Practice Act
The American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) Board of Directors in March approved model legislation to amend the Podiatric Scope of Practice Act, developed in conjunction with the ACFAS Professional Relations Committee.
Currently, there are no two states with identical scope of practice acts. This lack of standardization has created a market-basket approach that is highly problematic to the profession, according to the ACFAS.
The model legislation approved by the ACFAS Board advocates that the practice of podiatric medicine and surgery consists of “the medical and surgical treatment of ailments of the human foot, ankle, and other structures of the leg governing the functions of the foot.”
It also advocates that, “The podiatrist may treat the local manifestations of systemic diseases as they appear in the ankle and foot… [and] the practice of podiatric medicine shall include the amputation of the toes, parts of the foot, or foot in its entirety.”...
The ACFAS promoting a "minimum standard practice act" seems to not jive with OPMA effort to present a plan for a full practice profession. If ACFAS wants to present a model, why not present the best. Otherwise, we will still have different laws for different states. Leave it to state politics to try to lessen our scope.
Model Scope of Practice Act
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