§ 321 - Definitions - Vermont Statutes

§ 321. Definitions

In this chapter, unless the context requires another meaning:

(1) "Board" means the board of medical practice.

(2) "Disciplinary action" means any action against a licensee or an applicant by the board, the appellate officer, or on appeal therefrom, when that action suspends, revokes, limits or conditions licensure in any way, and includes reprimands.

(3) "Practice of podiatry," by a podiatric physician, means any medical, mechanical, surgical, electrical, manipulation, strapping or bandaging treatment of the ailments pertaining to the human foot and lower leg distal to the myotendinous junction of the triceps surae. If spinal or general anesthesia is required, it shall be administered by a health care professional regulated under this title who is authorized to administer anesthesia within the scope of his or her practice. In the case of amputations other than toe amputations and in the case of surgical treatment at or above the ankle, the surgical treatment shall be performed only in a general hospital licensed under chapter 43 of Title 18 or a certified ambulatory surgical center as defined in section 9432 of Title 18. For purposes of this section, "ankle" means the joint between the tibia and fibula proximally and the talus distally. (Amended 1969, No. 93, § 6; 1985, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 30, 1986; 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(a); 1999, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)