1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to professions; modifying licensing board 
  1.3             provisions relating to national and regional testing; 
  1.4             making a technical change relating to podiatry 
  1.5             licensing; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 
  1.6             153.17, subdivision 2; and 214.03. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 153.17, 
  1.9   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 2.  [PRACTICE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE DEFINED.] It is 
  1.11  unlawful for any person not holding a valid license or permit 
  1.12  issued in accordance with this chapter to: 
  1.13     (1) advertise, hold out to the public, or represent in any 
  1.14  manner that the person is authorized to practice podiatric 
  1.15  medicine in this state; 
  1.16     (2) use in the conduct of any occupation or profession 
  1.17  pertaining to the diagnosis or medical, mechanical, or surgical 
  1.18  treatment of the ailments of the human hand, foot, ankle, or 
  1.19  soft tissue of the lower leg distal to the tibial tuberosity, 
  1.20  the designation "doctor of podiatric medicine," "podiatrist," 
  1.21  "D.P.M.," "podiatric physician," "chiropodist," "foot 
  1.22  specialist," or "foot doctor," or uses any title, degree, 
  1.23  letter, syllable, word, or words that would tend to lead the 
  1.24  public to believe that person was authorized to practice or 
  1.25  assume duties incident to the practice of podiatric medicine. 
  1.26     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 214.03, is 
  2.1   amended to read: 
  2.2      214.03 [STANDARDIZED TESTS.] 
  2.3      All state examining and licensing boards, other than the 
  2.4   state board of law examiners, the state board of professional 
  2.5   responsibility or any other board established by the supreme 
  2.6   court to regulate the practice of law and judicial functions, 
  2.7   shall use national or regional standardized tests for ~~the~~ 
  2.8   ~~objective, nonpractical portion of~~ any examination given to 
  2.9   prospective ~~licensees~~ regulated persons to the extent that such 
  2.10  national or regional standardized tests are appropriate, except 
  2.11  when the subject matter of the examination relates to the 
  2.12  application of Minnesota law to the profession or ~~calling~~ 
  2.13  occupation being ~~licensed~~ regulated.  Health-related licensing 
  2.14  boards may establish an account in the special revenue fund to 
  2.15  deposit applicants' payments for national or regional 
  2.16  standardized tests and may use money in the special revenue fund 
  2.17  to pay for the use of national or regional standardized tests. 
  2.18     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.19     Sections 1 and 2 are effective on the day following final 
  2.20  enactment.