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Scottsdale,
Ariz. – The Arizona Board of Podiatry
Examiners is the latest healthcare licensing board
to join forces with DocFinder, a website resource
that lists comprehensive healthcare provider information
in one location.
Podiatrists
are the eighth healthcare professional group to join
the lists of licensed allopathic physicians (MDs),
osteopathic physicians (DOs), naturopathic physicians
(NMDs), dentists, optometrists and physician assistants.
DocFinder,
located at http://docfinder.state.az.us/, was developed
by the Arizona Medical Board and released to the public
in May 2003. “These are all 90/10 agencies working
in a collaborative effort to provide more information
to the public,” said Arizona Medical Board Executive
Director Barry A. Cassidy, Ph.D., P.A.-C. “Arizonans
have a right to this information,” said Cassidy,
“and as regulators, it is our responsibility
to provide it to them in a meaningful and accessible
fashion.”
Prior
to DocFinder, the only method to obtain podiatrist
information was to call the Board of Podiatry Examiners
or to view the file at the Board’s office.
There
are currently about 350 doctors of podiatric medicine
licensed in Arizona. DocFinder will list the podiatry
school the doctor attended, graduation date, license
number and license issue and expiration dates, and
whether there were any disciplinary actions taken.
Contact information for the Board of Podiatry Examiners
is also included to obtain more information about
a specific podiatrist.
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