SEC. 73-27-15. Practicing without license.

Podiatrist, chiropodist, and foot specialist shall mean one practicing podiatry. It shall be unlawful for any person to profess to be a podiatrist, to practice or assume the duties incident to podiatry without first obtaining from the Mississippi state board of medical licensure a license authorizing the practice of podiatry in this state, except as otherwise provided by this chapter.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 8901; Laws, 1938, ch. 189; 1980, ch. 458, Sec. 29, eff from and after July 1, 1980.

1997 Amendment

Section 73-27-15, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

 73-27-15. * * * It shall be unlawful for any person to profess to be a podiatrist, to practice or assume the duties incident to podiatry without first obtaining from the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure a license authorizing the practice of podiatry in this state, except as otherwise provided by this chapter.

SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 338, Sec. 2, HB1151, Effective July 1, 1997.