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Administrative Law Keyed to Asimow
Connecticut State Medical Society v. Connecticut Board of Examiners in Podiatry
Citation:
546 A.2d 830 (1988)Facts
In January 1984, a Medicare intermediary ruled that podiatrists in Connecticut could not treat ankle ailments because state law limited their practice to foot ailments. This ruling concerned podiatrists who had historically treated minor sprains, strains, and fractures of both the foot and ankle. The Board of Examiners in Podiatry sought an opinion from the attorney general, who advised that the Board should make a factual determination about whether the ankle is part of the foot. The Board held a hearing with testimony from both podiatrists and medical doctors regarding the anatomical relationship between the foot and ankle. Following this hearing, the Board issued a declaratory ruling that “the ankle is part of the foot and the foot is part of the ankle,” thus allowing podiatrists to treat ankle ailments. The Connecticut State Medical Society and Dr. Enzo Sella appealed this ruling, arguing that the Board had impermissibly expanded the statutory scope of podiatry practice beyond what the legislature had authorized in General Statutes § 20-50.
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