149.5 Amputations — anesthesia — prescription drugs.
1. A license to practice podiatry shall not authorize the licensee to amputate the human foot.
2. A licensed podiatric physician may do all of the following:
a. Administer local anesthesia.
b. Administer conscious sedation in a hospital or an ambulatory surgical center.
c. Prescribe and administer drugs for the treatment of human foot ailments as provided in section 149.1.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2546; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §149.5]
88 Acts, ch 1199, §4; 95 Acts, ch 108, §10; 2003 Acts, ch 22, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §200