Compact
History of the Podiatric Medical Compact
The Podiatric Medical Compact is a joint initiative started in 2024 to improve licensure portability for Podiatrist’s (DPM). The initiative is made possible through a partnership with the following organizations:
- Federation of Podiatric Medical Boards (FPMB), a nonprofit association comprised of podiatric medicine licensing and disciplinary boards of the United States and its territories.
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The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission is providing technical assistance in the development of the compact and its consideration by states.
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a funding grant The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
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About Licensure Compacts
The Podiatric Medical Compact is an interstate occupational licensure compact. Interstate compacts are constitutionally authorized, legislatively enacted, legally binding agreements among states. Interstate licensure compacts are developed through a collaborative and transparent process to establish uniform standards for participating states and licensees. Licensure compacts are administered by a compact commission, and interstate government agency comprised of delegates from each compact member state. Licensure compacts also create a licensure data system to improve information sharing between compact member states, including disciplinary information to further protect the public.
As of 2024 there are 14 medical licensure compacts in existence and additional licensure compacts in development including the Podiatric Medical Compact.
About the Podiatric Medical Compact
The Podiatric Medical compact will facilitate the ability of licensed Podiatrist’s to practice in states that join the compact. Rather than having to obtain an individual license in every state in which they want to practice, Podiatrist’s will be able to apply for state licensure through a streamlined process. The compact provides a pathway for a licensee to obtain multiple state licenses enabling that licensee to provide podiatric medical services and other licensed activity to a patient located in a particular compact state under that state’s laws and regulations.
Who can use the Podiatric Medical Compact?
Podiatrist’s who hold an active, unencumbered license in a compact member state can use the compact to practice in other participating states, provided the practitioner:
- Has graduated from a podiatric Medical school approved by CPME
- Passed Parts I, II, III (PM Lexis) of the NBPME APMLE examination series
- Completed a podiatric residency program approved by the Council of Podiatric Medical Education
- Holds specialty Certification from a specialty board approved by CPME
- Possesses a full and unrestricted license to engage in the practice of podiatric medicine issued by a member compact state board
- Has not had a controlled substance license or permit suspended or revoked by a state or the US DEA or has voluntarily surrendered such license after notification of investigation
- Does not have any disqualifying criminal history.
- Other requirements may apply. Podiatrist’s should refer to the model compact legislation for a comprehensive list of requirements.
Benefits of the Compact
Practitioners and Patients:
- Facilitates multistate practice by reducing the burden of maintaining multiple licenses.
- Expands employment opportunities into new markets.
- Improves continuity of care when patients or providers relocate.
- Supports relocating military spouses.
Regulators:
- Reduces application processing time.
- Provides access to investigative and disciplinary information for better public protection through an interstate data system.
- Increases cooperation among state licensure boards on regulation and discipline.
- Safeguards existing, applicable state laws and regulations for all patients within the state regardless of where the practitioner is located.
- Allows states to charge a license fee for the licensure in that state.
- Preserves the current state-based licensure system.
States:
- Promotes workforce development and strengthens labor markets.
- Expands consumer access to highly qualified practitioners.
- Preserves state sovereignty.
- Increases collaboration among states.
- Facilitates practitioner mobility during public health emergencies.
Other Policy Considerations
• As with the existing licensure compacts, the Podiatric Medical Compact has no impact on a state’s laws and regulations except as defined in the compact — this is not a takeover of state regulatory authority
• Practitioners are licensed in U.S. states, territories and Washington, D.C., without any change in each state licensure requirement.
• The Podiatric Medical Compact legislation only permits the compact commission to promulgate rules directly related to the implementation and administration of the compact. The commission does not dictate policy to the states.
Please feel free to reach out to Jay S. LeBow, DPM, FPMB Director of Compact Enactment and Licensure Pathways, at contact@ipmlc.org or call 516.874.7652 / 516.US.IPMLC if
- You would like further information and resources on the Podiatric Medical Compact
- You are a bill sponsor or regulator and would like a policy expert to provide nonpartisan
legislative testimony - You would like an informational presentation.
NOTICE: The Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services is providing 5 years of financial support for this Licensure Portability Grant Program project (Grant Number: 1 H1MTH53168-01-00). The contents are those of the author. They may not reflect the policies of the Department of Health and Human Services or the U.S. government.