Section 36-8-1 - Podiatric medicine defined. - South Dakota Statutes

36-8-1. Podiatric medicine defined. Podiatric medicine is that profession of the health sciences concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the human foot and their governing and related structures, and the soft tissues inserting into the foot, including the local manifestations of systemic conditions, by all appropriate systems and means. A person licensed pursuant to this chapter as a podiatrist shall be designated a podiatric physician.

Source: SDC 1939, § 27.0801; SL 1959, ch 131, § 2; SL 1967, ch 100, § 2; SL 1972, ch 203; SL 1995, ch 216, § 1.