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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Not in NY, unless it changed since I retired 7 years ago
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Gee, when I was in NYS in the 70's podiatrists could certainly prescribe if I recall correctly. I looked it up, and they definitely can now as long as the medication relates to a foot problem.
NYS Podiatry:Practice Guidelines:Prescribing and Dispensing Medications.
using google scholar, easily found that a survey of podiatrists in 1974 showed that 90% of them prescribe drugs
Trends in the Podiatric Profession: A Comparative Study of the 1970 and 1974 Survey Data
L Greenberg - 1978
See also page 13 of
Podiatry manpower; characteristics of clinical practice, United States, 1970 wherein 87% of podiatrists prescribe meds in 1970.
So just methinks your certainty that podiatrists were not prescribing in NY before you retired, is..... wrong.