(a) A holder of a temporary residency license who has entered the final year of an accredited GPME program, who is in good standing with the GPME program, and who is on course to complete the course in a timely manner, may be permitted to apply for the Doctor of Podiatric Medicine license in the spring, provided that the resident has entered and signed the "Memorandum of Understanding for Conditional Issuance of Texas Doctor of Podiatric Medicine License" (MOU).
(b) A holder of a temporary residency license who passes the jurisprudence examination, and who is in compliance with the resident's MOU(s), and who meets all other requirements of the law regarding licensure may be issued a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine license prior to completion of the last year of the residency. The Doctor of Podiatric Medicine license issued under this subsection will be subject to the resident's MOU and to the following conditions and restrictions, in addition to any other provisions in statute and rule applicable to a license to practice podiatry, in general that:
  (1) the resident must successfully complete and graduate from the resident's accredited GPME program by the date noted in the resident's MOU with the department, and must submit to the department proof of successful completion and graduation within 30 days after the end date of the residency as noted on the MOU. Failure to timely provide the proof the department requires subjects the Doctor of Podiatric Medicine license to automatic revocation; and
  (2) the resident who has received a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine license prior to successful completion and graduation from an accredited GPME program, and for such period of time while still a resident, shall practice podiatry only under the temporary residency license, and subject to the scope and limits of the GPME program, and shall not practice podiatry under the Doctor of Podiatric Medicine license until after successful completion and graduation from the GPME program and after providing to the department proof of such completion and graduation.

Source Note: The provisions of this §130.32 adopted to be effective November 1, 2018, 43 TexReg 6953; amended to be effective September 1, 2019, 44 TexReg 4725