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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="16-101" title_number="16" title_name="Podiatrists" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Board” means the State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“License” means, unless the context requires otherwise, a license issued by the Board to practice podiatry.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Licensed podiatrist” means, unless the context requires otherwise, a podiatrist who is licensed by the Board to practice podiatry.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Podiatrist” means an individual who practices podiatry.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Practice podiatry” means to diagnose or surgically, medically, or mechanically treat the human foot or ankle, the anatomical structures that attach to the human foot, or the soft tissue below the mid–calf.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Practice podiatry” does not include administration of an anesthetic, other than a local anesthetic.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
