2014 SCOPE OF PRACTICE SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE AMERICAN PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (APMA)
posted: Aug. 29, 2014.
46 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INCLUDE THE ANKLE IN THEIR SCOPE OF PRACTICE FOR PODIATRIC PHYSICIANS. ONLY 3 STATES INCLUDING SOUTH CAROLINA, MISSOURI AND MISSISSIPPI ARE PREVENTED FROM TREATING THE ANKLE.
IN ONTARIO, NEITHER A PODIATRIST OR CHIROPODIST CAN TREAT THE ANKLE, ALTHOUGH THE ANKLE IS COMPOSED 50% OF BONES FROM THE FOOT.