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STATE
NATIONAL BOARD
STATE EXAM
POST GRADUATE TRAINING
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EXAM FEES
DURATION OF LICENSE FEE (years)
CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (hours per year)
PART III REQUIRED
NUMBER OF DPMS ON BOARD
SEPARATE BOARD
APMA MEMBERSHIP NUMBER
REGISTERED IN STATE
Alabama
Passing Scores
Alabama Law Exam
CPME Residency
June and December
$100
1
12
Yes
7
Yes
67
156
Alaska
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year - podiatric surgical residency
N/A
$200
2
25
No
0
No
8
18
Arizona
Part III
Oral
1 year - podiatric residency
90 days prior to exam
$450
1
25
Yes
3
Yes
126
0
Arkansas
Passing Scores
Written Exam
1 year - podiatric residency
3/13/1998
$200
1
15
No
3
Yes
40
40
California
Passing Scores
None (NBPME Part III)
2 years
60 days prior to exams
$900
2
50 / Renewal
Yes
4
Yes
1000
2550
Colorado
Passing Scores Vary with Each Exam
Part III
1 year
30 days prior to exams
$50
1
14
Yes
4
Yes
112
173
Connecticut
Passing Scores
Part III
None
N/A
N/A
1
0
Yes
3
Yes
224
304
Delaware
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year - podiatric residency or preceptorship
90 days before exam
$900
2
32 / 2 years
Yes
3
Yes
40
82
District of Columbia
Part III
Yes
CPME Residency
N/A
N/A
2
25
Yes
2
No
49
254
Florida
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year - podiatric residency
90 days prior to June, Dec. exams
$200
2
40 / 2 years
Yes
5
Yes
765
1787
Georgia
N/A
Written Exam
1 year - podiatric residency
12/3/07; 1/15-1/16, 08; 5/30/08; 7/8-7/9, 08
$195
2
50
Yes
3
Yes
225
502
Hawaii
Passing Scores
Part III
None
60 days prior to June and Dec Exams
$440
2
40
Yes
0
No
N/A
67
Idaho
Yes
No - if passed Part III
Yes
90 days prior to exams
Application and original license $600
1
12
Yes
4
Yes
33
79
Illinois
Passing Scores
Part III
Required
60 days prior to exam in June
$997
2
50 / renewal
Yes
5
Yes
639
872
Indiana
Passing Scores
NBPME Part III
12 month - podiatric residency
60 days prior to exam in June and Dec.
$900 exam fee ; $150 application fee
2
15 (30 hours needed in order to renew license)
Yes
4
Yes
N/A
385
Iowa
Part I & II - Passing Scores
None - Part III
1 year - podiatric residency
None
2
40 / 2 years
Yes
5
Yes
153
214
Kansas
Yes
N/A
1 year
N/A
N/A
Annual
54 / 3 years
Yes
1
N/A
N/A
137
Kentucky
I, II, III
Jurisprudence
None
40-day waiting period
$250
Renewal-Annual
20
Yes
4
Yes
94
171
Louisiana
Passing Scores
None
1 Year Internship
N/A
$350
1
20
Yes
0
No
60
173
Maine
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year - podiatric residency
90 days prior to exams in June and Dec.
$900
1
25
Yes
4
Yes
46
83
Maryland
Passing Scores
Jurisprudence
1 year - podiatric residency
None
$850 (January) / $650 (July)
2
25
Yes
5
Yes
536
440
Massachusetts
Passing Scores
Jurisprudence Exam
1 year - podiatric residency
30 days prior to exams in Jun and Dec.
$490
1
25
Yes
3
Yes
310
600
Michigan
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year - podiatric residency or precep.
60 days prior to exam
$900
3
150 / 3 years (at least 75 hours of Category I)
Yes
5
Yes
443
748
Minnesota
Passing Scores on Part I & II
Jurisprudence Exam
1 year CPME approved residency or preceptorship
None
$600 appl. fee
2
30 / 2 years
No
5
Yes
N/A
205
Mississippi
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year
None
None
1
20
No
0
No
N/A
93
Missouri
I, II & III
Missouri Law
1 year - podiatric residency
30 days prior to exams in June and Dec.
$375
2
12 (plus additional 13 hours if ankle certified)
Yes
4
Yes
N/A
303
Montana
Passing Scores
None
1 year - podiatric residency
None
$325 (application fee)
2
0
No
1
No
27
57
Nebraska
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year
N/A
131
Licenses expire on 04/01 even years
48 (in the 24 months preceding the 04/01 expiration date)
Yes
3
Yes
50
88
Nevada
Passing Scores
Part III
Minimum 1 year - APMA approved podiatric residency
None
N/A
1
50 / 2 years
Yes
4
Yes
63
126
New Hampshire
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year - podiatric residency
None
$200
1
24
No
4
Yes
51
118
New Jersey
Passing Scores
None
1 year - podiatric residency
None
$325 App. Fee
2
0
No
1
No
N/A
638
New Mexico
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year - podiatric residency
45 days prior to exams
$325
1
14
Yes
3
Yes
48
43
New York
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year - podiatric residency
60 days prior to exams
$345
3
16.8
Yes
9
Yes
1204
2448
North Carolina
Passing Scores
Part III/ Oral/Practical Exams
1 year - podiatric residency
6 weeks prior to May Exam
$350
1
25
Yes
3
Yes
167
304
North Dakota
Passing Scores
Oral Exam
1 year - podiatric residency
30 days prior to exam
$150
1
20
No
4
Yes
15
26
Ohio
Passing Scores
Part III
None
3/27/98, for June; 9/25/98, for Dec. exams
$385
2
100
Yes
1
No
589
600
Oklahoma
Passing Scores
Written/ Oral Exam
1 year - podiatric residency or precep.
3/30/1998
$200
1
30
No
5
Yes
73
75
Oregon
Yes (Parts I & II)
Part III for some applicants
1 year - podiatric residency
None
2, every odd year
50
Yes
1
No
66
173
Pennsylvania
Passing Scores
Part III
None
60 days prior to exam
PA Application $30, Part III Exam $900
2
30
Yes
4
Yes
810
1337
Puerto Rico
Passing Scores
Written Exam
None
30 days prior to exam
$75
3
30
No
3
Yes
18
59
Rhode Island
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year - podiatric residency
30 days prior to June and Dec. exams
Determined by NBPME
2
15
Yes
4
Yes
76
101
South Carolina
Passing Scores
SC Board Exam
1 year
90 prior to June and Dec. exams
$410
1
12
Every 2 years
4
Yes
48
143
South Dakota
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year - podiatric residency
4 weeks prior to June and Dec. exams
$250
1
20
Yes
3
Yes
19
20
Tennessee
Passing Scores
Jurisprudence
One-Year Residency
60 days prior to June and Dec. exams
App. Fee - $450, Part III - #900
2
15
Yes
4
Yes
90
230
Texas
Passing Scores
Jurisprudence
1 year - podiatric residency
60 days prior to exam date
$289
1
30 / 2 years
Yes
6
Yes
463
878
Utah
Passing Scores
State Law and Part III
1 year - podiatric residency
30 days prior to June and Dec. exams
$480
2
20
Yes
4
Yes
75
183
Vermont
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year - podiatric residency
None
$190
2
0
Yes
1
No
33
27
Virginia
1, 2, 3 & 4
No
1 year
N/A
N/A
12 Months
60 / 2 years
Yes
1
No
N/A
320
Washington
Yes (Parts I & II)
Part III
1 year - post graduate training
None
$0
1
50 / 2 years
No
4
Yes
183
298
West Virginia
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year - podiatric residency
60 days prior to exam
$900
2
50 / 2 years
Yes
2
No
40
119
Wisconsin
Passing Scores
Jurisprudence
1 year
30 days prior to June and Dec. exams
$900
2
50 / 2 years
Yes
3
Yes
167
246
Wyoming
Passing Scores Parts I, II & III
Oral Examination
Completion of residency program approved by CPME.
Thirty (30) days prior to June examination
$800
1
40 (forty) hours every two years
Yes – Part III of National Boards
3
Yes
6
27