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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.40.01.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="40" chapter_num="01" heading="Examinations.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Only graduates of podiatric medical colleges which at the time of the applicant's graduation had standards equivalent to the standards for colleges approved by the Council on Education of the American Podiatric Medical Association are eligible for examination.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Board requires the following examinations for licensure:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The National Board Examinations, parts I, II, and III;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Maryland Board Examination.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The examinations specified in §B(2) of this regulation may be prepared by the Board or by a recognized national or state testing or licensing agency, with the approval of the Board.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>On each of the National Board Examinations, an applicant shall obtain a passing score as set by the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners. This result is required in order to be eligible to take the Maryland Board Examination and, after that, to be licensed by the Board.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>On the Maryland Board Examination, an applicant shall obtain a passing score, as set by the Board.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The examination shall be taken within 1 year of the date of the application.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The Maryland Board Examination may include, but is not limited to, the following subject areas:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Physiology;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Pharmacology;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Diagnostic techniques;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Pathology;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Patient management;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Surgical procedures;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Biomechanics;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Dermatology;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Orthopedics;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Podopediatrics.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>An individual found by the Board to have engaged in conduct which subverts or attempts to subvert the licensing examination may, at the discretion of the Board, have the results of his licensing examination withheld, or declared invalid, or both. In addition, an individual who has subverted or attempted to subvert the licensing examination may be found ineligible for future licensure following a determination that the individual lacks good moral character as required by Health Occupations Article, §16-302(b), Annotated Code of Maryland, or is guilty of a violation of Health Occupations Article, §16-311(a)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland. Conduct which subverts or attempts to subvert the licensing examination includes, but is not limited to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Conduct which violates the security of the examination materials, including but not limited to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Removing from the examination room any of the examination materials;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Reproducing a portion of any past or future licensing examination;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Aiding by any means in the reproduction of any portions of a past or future licensing examination; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Selling, distributing, buying, receiving, or having unauthorized possession of any portion of a future or current licensing examination;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Conduct which violates the standard of test administration, including, but not limited to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Communicating with any other examinee during the administration of the licensing examination;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Copying answers from another examinee or permitting one's answers to be copied by another examinee during the administration of the licensing examination; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Having in one's possession during the administration of the licensing examination any books, notes, written or printed materials or data of any kind, other than the examination materials distributed;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Conduct which violates the credentialing process, including but not limited to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Falsifying or misrepresenting education credentials or other information required for admission to the licensing examination;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Impersonating an examinee; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Having an impersonator take the licensing examination on one's behalf.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>