PODIATRIST

Summary
Hawai‘i ranks close to the national median
in podiatrist license requirements. Hawai‘i
is one of seven states that does not require
postgraduate training and one of seventeen states that does not offer
reciprocity or endorsement. Hawai‘i’s
fees are $200 lower than the median.
Requirement
|
Hawai‘i
|
Category Rank
|
National Median
|
OVERALL
RANK (quintile)
|
4 |
|
|
Education
and Experience
|
Graduate
from an accredited school of podiatry.
No
postgraduate training required.
|
5
|
Graduate
from an accredited school of podiatry and 1 year of postgraduate training.
43
states require a minimum of one year of postgraduate training.
|
Examination
|
NBPME
Parts I, II, and III and no state examination
|
3
|
NBPME
Parts I, II, and III and no state examination
|
Fees
|
$315
|
4
|
$521
|
Continuing
Education
|
20 hours
per year
|
3
|
19 hours
per year
|
Reciprocity
or Endorsement
|
No
|
1
|
Yes. 33 states have some form of reciprocity or endorsement
|
Notes on Optometrist
ranking:
1 = most difficult, most requirements, highest fees.
5 = least difficult, fewest requirements, lowest fees.
Education: As all states require
graduation from one of seven accredited college of podiatric medicine, ranking
is based on postgraduate training requirements. Forty-one states require one
year of postgraduate training (assigned a rank of 3), two states require two
years (assigned a rank of 1), and seven states, including Hawai‘i, do not require postgraduate training
(assigned a rank of 5).
Examination: Forty-eight states require passing parts I and
II of the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners (NBPME) examination,
forty-six states require passing part III of the NBPME examination, and twelve
states administer a state examination. Ranking is based on the number of
examinations required.
Fees: Rank is based on the cost of an initial license and an
annualized renewal fee. This reflects the cost of obtaining and renewing a license.
Continuing education: This is expressed as hours per year. The
range is none to fifty hours per year with a median of nineteen hours per year.
Reciprocity: Thirty-three
states that have some form of reciprocity or endorsement were assigned a rank
of 3, and states with no reciprocity or endorsement were assigned a rank of 1.