# KRS § 311.420: 311.420 Examinations -- Qualifications -- National board examinations -- Fees -- Issuance of licenses -- Expenses of board members -- Rules and regulations > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C311_S311.420 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 311.420 - **Heading:** 311.420 Examinations -- Qualifications -- National board examinations -- Fees -- Issuance of licenses -- Expenses of board members -- Rules and regulations - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311 / Section 311.420 ## Text 311.420 Examinations -- Qualifications -- National board examinations -- Fees -- Issuance of licenses -- Expenses of board members -- Rules and regulations. (1) The board shall conduct examinations at least twice a year at such times and places as the board deems convenient for applicants for licenses to practice podiatry in this state, and shall admit to examination any applicant who: (a) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age; (b) Is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of Kentucky; (c) Is of good moral character and temperate habits; and (d) Has completed a course in and graduated from a school or college of podiatry approved by the board. (2) The board shall prescribe the time, place, method, manner, scope and content of examinations as relates to KRS 311.380(2); and the board may accept certified, successful National Board of Podiatry examinations in lieu of its written examination. (3) Applicants for examination shall present their credentials to the board by mail upon forms furnished by the board, and shall receive due notice of the place and date of the examination. Each application shall contain proof of the qualifications required of the applicant, shall be verified by the applicant under oath, and shall be accompanied by an examination fee set by the board. (4) The board shall issue a license to any person who complies with the provisions of KRS 311.380 to 311.510 and who satisfactorily passes the examination. (5) The members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be paid their traveling and other necessary expenses while employed upon the business of the board. (6) The board may, in good faith, adopt rules and regulations to license and control those persons who may become formally educated, or by years of employment by a licensed podiatrist, as a podiatric assistant. (7) The board may utilize such materials, services or facilities as may be made available to it by other state agencies or may contract therefor, to such extent as the board in its discretion, may determine. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 311.250 311.250 Itinerant medical company to obtain license -- Fee](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C311_S311.250.md) - [KRS § 311.260 311.260 Itinerant doctors not to register or practice](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C311_S311.260.md) - [KRS § 311.271 311.271 Preliminary educational requirements for practitioners of healing arts](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C311_S311.271.md) - [KRS § 311.275 311.275 Request to expunge minor violations from permanent record -- Administrative regulations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C311_S311.275.md) - [KRS § 311.281 311.281 Testing of organs, skin, or other human tissue for HIV and other communicable diseases, with informed consent](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C311_S311.281.md) - [KRS § 311.282 311.282 Disclosure or failure to disclose confidential information under specified circumstances not to create civil or criminal liability](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C311_S311.282.md) - [KRS § 311.283 311.283 Definitions for section -- Immunity from criminal liability -- Exceptions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C311_S311.283.md) - [KRS § 311.300 311.300 Professor of medical college may procure dead bodies](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C311_S311.300.md) - [KRS § 311.310 311.310 Bond filed with county clerk -- Fee](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C311_S311.310.md) - [KRS § 311.320 311.320 Use of bodies](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C311_S311.320.md) - [KRS § 311.330 311.330 Relatives or friends of deceased to be notified -- Time within which body may not be used](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C311_S311.330.md) - [KRS § 311.340 311.340 Burial after dissection](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C311_S311.340.md) - [KRS § 311.350 311.350 College to keep record of bodies](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C311_S311.350.md) - [KRS § 311.372 311.372 Prohibition on treatments to a minor for purpose of attempting to alter the appearance or perception of the minor's sex -- Exceptions -- Penalties](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C311_S311.372.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVI_C311_S311.420. 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