Overview
Texas State Archives
Texas State Board of
Podiatric Medical Examiners
Board of Podiatric Medical
Examiners minutes
1923-1939, 1982-1997, 1999-2000, 2006-2007
The Texas State Board
of Podiatric Medical Examiners conducts exams in podiatric medicine, issues and
renews licenses, revokes licenses for due cause, prosecutes persons who violate
the act, collects license and renewal fees, and adopts rules and regulations
governing the practice of podiatric medicine. All of these functions are
documented by these records, which comprise the minutes of the board, dating
1923-1939 (for the Board of Chiropody Examiners) and 1982-1997, 1999-2000, and
2006-2007 (for the Board of Podiatric Examiners/Podiatric Medical Examiners).
These materials are written in
English.
0.75 cubic
ft.
Restrictions on Access
Materials do not circulate, but may be used in the State Archives
search room. Materials will be retrieved from and returned to storage areas by
staff members.
Restrictions on Use
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted and
may be freely used in any way. State records also include materials received
by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The
researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17
U.S.C.).
Technical Requirements
None.
Agency History
In 1923 the 38th Texas Legislature passed the
Act to Define and Regulate the Practice of
Chiropody (House Bill 487). Under the terms of this law a five-member
Texas State Board of Chiropody Examiners was created to administer the
examinations and license those seeking to practice chiropody in Texas.
Membership of the Board consisted of three members of the Texas State Board of
Medical Examiners and two chiropodists appointed by the Board of Medical
Examiners. The secretary of the Board of Medical Examiners served as the
Chiropody Board's secretary. The Chiropody Practice Act, as amended in 1951,
defined a chiropodist as anyone who treats or offers
to treat any disease, physical injury or deformity or ailment of the human foot
by any system or method.
In 1939 (House Bill 195, 46th Legislature, Regular Session) the board
was made a separate, independent state agency, the Texas State Board of
Chiropody Examiners, composed of six reputable practicing chiropodists residing
in Texas who had been in practice for at least five years, and who could not be
faculty members of a chiropody or medical college, or have financial interests
in such an institution.
In 1967 the name was changed to Texas State Board of Podiatry
Examiners (Senate Bill 80, 60th Legislature, Regular Session), and in 1995 to
Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners (Senate Bill 673, 74th
Legislature, Regular Session). As of 1981 (House Bill 866, 67th Legislature,
Regular Session), the Board has been composed of six podiatric physicians and
three consumer members, each appointed by the Governor with the advice and
consent of the Senate for overlapping six-year terms. The board conducts exams
in podiatric medicine, issues and renews licenses, revokes licenses for due
cause, prosecutes persons who violate the act, collects license and renewal
fees, adopts rules and regulations governing the practice of podiatric
medicine, and registers podiatric medical personnel who administer X-rays.
(Sources include the Guide to Texas State
Agencies, 11th edition (2001); the enabling legislation (1939, 1967,
1981, and 1995); and the agency website, at
http://www.foot.state.tx.us/index.htm
(accessed April 2, 2008).)
Scope and Contents of the Records
The Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners conducts exams in
podiatric medicine, issues and renews licenses, revokes licenses for due cause,
prosecutes persons who violate the act, collects license and renewal fees, and
adopts rules and regulations governing the practice of podiatric medicine. All
of these functions are documented by these records, which comprise the minutes
of the board, dating 1923-1939 (for the Board of Chiropody Examiners) and
1982-1997, 1999-2000, and 2006-2007 (for the Board of Podiatric
Examiners/Podiatric Medical Examiners).
The minutes record, in fairly summary fashion, the actions of the
board at each of its meetings, including the following: inspection and
acceptance or rejection of credentials of applicants; reports from the
president, the vice-president, and the executive director, concerning the
status of complaints and investigations, the enforcement of rules, proposed
legislation, pending litigation, and other matters; reports from the treasurer;
the proposal, amendment, and acceptance of rules (usually accompanied by the
text of those rules); the administering of the examination (including the
grades on the Chiropodists exams); and the granting of licenses to practice
podiatry in Texas.
The following sizable gaps exist in the holdings of the Texas State
Archives: 1940-1967 (for the Texas State Board of Chiropody Examiners);
1967-1981 (for the Texas State Board of Podiatric Examiners); and 1998 thru
February 1999, November 2000 thru October 2005, and February 2007 (for the
Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners).
To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily
reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to
provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
Arrangement of the Records
These records are arranged by the creating agency chronologically. The
minutes of the Texas State Board of Chiropody Examiners were originally bound
by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners (and interfiled chronologically)
with Texas State Board of Medical Examiners minute books, but they have been
separated and individually foldered by State Archives staff. When the other
side of the page contained Medical Examiners minutes, the Board of Chiropody
Examiners minutes were photocopied and the original remained with Medical
Examiners minutes.
Index Terms
The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
Corporate Names:
Texas State Board of
Chiropody Examiners.
Texas State Board of
Podiatry Examiners.
Subjects:
Podiatrists--Texas--State
supervision.
Podiatrists--Licenses--Texas.
Medical
personnel--Licenses--Texas.
Document Types:
Minutes--Podiatrists--Texas--State supervision--1923-1939,
1982-1997, 1999-2000, 2006-2007.
Functions:
Licensing.
Related Material
The following materials are offered as possible
sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by the
records. The listing is not exhaustive.
Texas State
Archives
None.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners
minutes. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and
Archives Commission.
Processing Information
Tony Black, April 2004, June 2005, April 2008
Accession Information
Accession numbers: 1981/207, 2005/056, 2006/389, 2007/101, 2007/141,
2008/114
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners on August 14, 1981; by the Texas State
Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners on August 7, 2006; February 27, 2007; and
April 2, 2008; and by the Texas Legislative Reference Library on November 3,
2004; and March 20, 2007.
Other Formats for the Records
The Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners has mounted some
of its minutes on the agency web site (
http://www.foot.state.tx.us/info.minutes.htm).
As of April 2008, this included August 2004-July 2005.
Location of Originals
When the other side of the page in the minute books contained Texas
State Board of Medical Examiners minutes, the Texas State Board of Chiropody
Examiners minutes were photocopied and the original remained with
Medical Examiners minutes.
The Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners maintains the
record copies of their minutes.
Detailed Description of the Records
Minutes,
1923-1939,
1982-1997, 1999-2000, 2006-2007,
0.75 cubic ft.
1981/207-2
Texas State Board of Chiropody
Examiners,
1923-1939
1981/207-2
June 20,
1923
(Book 1: pp. 339-340)
1981/207-2
August 21,
1923
(p. 350)
1981/207-2
November 21,
1923
(p. 361)
1981/207-2
June 18,
1924
(p. 376)
1981/207-2
November 19,
1924
(p. 387)
1981/207-2
February 24,
1925
(p. 393)
1981/207-2
June 24,
1925
(p. 405)
1981/207-2
November 18,
1925
(p. 423)
1981/207-2
June 17,
1926
(p. 437)
1981/207-2
November 18,
1926
(p. 447)
1981/207-2
June 22,
1927
(p. 463)
1981/207-2
November 16, 1927 and
July 13, 1928
(pp. 475-476)
1981/207-2
November 21,
1928
(p. 488.5)
1981/207-2
June 19,
1929
(p. 501)
1981/207-2
November 20,
1929
(p. 513)
1981/207-2
July 29,
1930
(p. 530)
1981/207-2
November 19,
1930
(pp. 543-544)
1981/207-2
June 24-25,
1931
(pp. 569-570)
1981/207-2
June
1932
(p. 604)
1981/207-2
June 21,
1933
(Book 2: pp. 13-14)
1981/207-2
November 22,
1933
(p. 30)
1981/207-2
June 22 and September
22, 1934
(pp. 77-78)
1981/207-2
June 24 and August 1,
1936
(pp. 161-162)
1981/207-2
November 11,
1936
(p. 184)
1981/207-2
January 23,
1937
(p. 185)
1981/207-2
November 9 and December
10, 1937
(pp. 237-238)
1981/207-2
June 21-22,
1938
(p. 257)
1981/207-2
July 31,
1938
(pp. 262-263)
1981/207-2
June 20 and July 30,
1939
(pp. 320-321)
(Note: missing minutes for all
subsequent meetings of the Texas State Board of Chiropody Examiners, 1940
(?)-1967)
2005/056
Texas State Board of Podiatry
Examiners,
1982-1995
2005/056
January
1982
(Note: missing minutes for all
preceeding meetings of the Texas State Board of Podiatric Examiners,
1967-1981)
2005/056
June
1982
2005/056
January
1983
2005/056
June
1983
2005/056
January
1984
2005/056
June
1984
2005/056
January
1985
2005/056
May
1985
2005/056
June
1985
2005/056
January
1986
2005/056
June
1986
2005/056
August
1986
2005/056
January
1987
2005/056
June
1987
2005/056
January
1988
2005/056
June
1988
2005/056
January
1989
2005/056
June
1989
2005/056
September
1989
2005/056
January
1990
2005/056
June
1990
2005/056
January
1991
2005/056
June
1991
2005/056
September
1991
2005/056
November
1991
2005/056
January
1992
2005/056
March
1992
2005/056
August
1992
2005/056
February
1993
2005/056
June
1993
2005/056
August
1993
2005/056
December
1993
2005/056
March
1994
2005/056
April
1994
2005/056
August
1994
2005/056
October
1994
2005/056
March
1995
2005/056
August
1995
2005/056
Texas State Board of Podiatric
Medical Examiners,
1995-2007
2005/056
March
1996
2005/056
May
1996
2005/056
October
1996
2005/056
January
1997
2005/056
April
1997
2005/056
August
1997
2005/056
November
1997
(Note: missing minutes for meetings
dating 1998 thru February 1999)
2006/389
August
1999
2006/389
February
2000
2006/389
August
2000
(Note: missing minutes for meetings
dating November 2000 thru October 2005)
2006/389
February
2006
2006/389
July
2006
2006/389
July
2007
(Note: missing minutes for meeting
dating February 2007)
2006/389
September
2007