Mo. Code Regs. tit. 20 § 2230-2.020

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 1, January 2, 2025
Section 20 CSR 2230-2.020 - Professional Conduct Rules

PURPOSE: This rule ensures that licensed podiatrists and their affiliated firms are registered correctly with the secretary of state and with the State Board of Podiatric Medicine and also ensures that a licensee with this board files a list of assumed trade names or any other names the licensee shall use, other than what is registered with the board.

(1) The practice of podiatric medicine under a trade name or assumed name is prohibited, unless the trade name or assumed name is properly registered with the secretary of state pursuant to the provisions of sections 417.200-417.230, RSMo, or otherwise.
(2) Every person licensed to engage in the practice of podiatric medicine in this state shall file with the board a list of assumed names, trade names, or any names other than the name under which a license to practice has been issued by the board, that is used in his or her practice, before using such name.
(3) A person engaged in the practice of podiatric medicine under any assumed name, trade name, or any name other than the name under which a license to practice has been issued by the board, shall immediately disclose to any person, upon request and without condition, the licensed name of each and every person involved in the practice of podiatric medicine under the assumed name, trade name, or any other name.
(4) A person engaged in the practice of podiatric medicine shall require any subordinate to immediately disclose to any person, upon request and without condition, the licensed name of each and every person involved in the practice of podiatric medicine under an assumed name, trade name, or any other name.

20 CSR 2230-2.020

AUTHORITY: sections 330.140, RSMo 2000 and 330.160.2, RSMo Supp. 2006.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 230-2.020. Original rule filed Dec. 23, 1975, effective Jan. 2, 1976. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Jan. 4, 1980, effective April 11, 1980. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Dec. 9, 1981, effective March 11, 1982. Amended: Filed Sept. 1, 2004, effective March 30, 2005. Moved to 20 CSR 2230-2.020, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Rescinded and readopted: Filed July 11, 2007, effective Jan. 30, 2008.

*Original authority: 330.140, RSMo 1945, amended 1981, 1993, 1995, 1998 and 330.160, RSMo 1939, amended 1951, 1981, 1999, 2005.