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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
January 1
$100
1
12
Yes
7
Yes
67
99
Alaska
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year - podiatric surgical residency
N/A
$200
2
25
No
0
No
8
18
Arizona
PMLexis
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
$700
2
25
Yes
4
Yes
1000
2200
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
N/A
Yes
N/A
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
Yes
Yes
90 days prior to exams
$375
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
Part III
1 year - podiatric residency
60 days prior to exam in June and Dec.
$390
4
60
Yes
4
Yes
199
338
Iowa
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year - podiatric residency
75 days prior to exams in June/December
$900
2
40 / 2 years
Yes
5
Yes
153
219
Kansas
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year - podiatric residency or precep.
5 weeks prior to June and Dec. exams
$450
1
54 / 3 years
Yes
1
No
56
137
Kentucky
I, II, III
None
None
40-day waiting period
$250
Renewal-Annual
20
Yes
4
Yes
94
75
Louisiana
Passing Scores
Part III
None
30 days prior to June and Dec. exams
$350
1
0
Yes
2
No
55
191
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
Part III
1 year - podiatric residency or precep.
30 days prior to exam
$350
2
30
Yes
5
Yes
113
151
Mississippi
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year - post graduate training
None
None
1
20
No
0
No
25
87
Missouri
Passing Scores (Parts I, II & III)
Missouri Law Examination
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
116
312
Montana
Passing Scores
None
1 year - podiatric residency
None
$325 (application fee)
1
0
No
1
No
27
67
Nebraska
Passing Scores
Part III
None
30 days prior to June and Dec. exams
$301
2, every even year
24
Yes
3
Yes
50
75
Nevada
Passing Scores
Part III
Minimum 1 year - APMA approved podiatric residency
April, 2005
$800
1
50 / 2 years
Yes
4
Yes
33
118
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
2
0
No
1
No
626
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
Passing Scores
NotPart III
1 year - podiatric residency
60 days prior to board meeting
$250
2, every even year
50
No
0
No
66
151
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
Part III
1 year - pod. residency or 2 year precep.
60 days prior to June and Dec. exams
$645
2
15
Yes
4
Yes
90
222
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
No
1
No
33
13
Virginia
Passing Scores
Part III
1 year
None
$302
2
30
Yes
1
No
195
480
Washington
Yes (Parts I & II)
Part III
1 year - post graduate training
None
$0
1
50 / 2 years
Yes
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
127
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
Part III
None
6 weeks prior to June and Dec. exams
$200
1
0
No
3
Yes
6
2