FAQs

Active: Engaged in the active practice of podiatry; has fulfilled all relevant exam requirements; maintains an active, unrestricted license; and holds current, active surgical privileges at a hospital or surgery center.

Administrative: Engaged primarily in an administrative capacity directly related to the profession of podiatry.

Expired: A Board Qualified or Board Certified podiatric surgeon whose status has expired.

Extension: A Board Qualified podiatric surgeon who has received an extension for the time period they can be Board Qualified or a Diplomate who has been given additional time to complete LEAD program requirements.

Inactive: Not engaged in the active practice of podiatry.

Incomplete: A podiatric surgeon who has taken and passed the ABFAS Board Qualification examinations but has not submitted the necessary documentation to become fully Board Qualified. A podiatric surgeon has one year after passing the Board Qualification examinations to submit the required documentation. After one year, the podiatric surgeon is non-compliant with ABFAS Board Qualification policy.

No Board Status: A podiatric surgeon who has graduated from, or is in their final year of, a CPME-approved residency program and who has not achieved ABFAS board status.

Non-Compliant: A podiatric surgeon who has taken the necessary ABFAS Board Qualification examinations but did not submit all required documentation within one year of passing the Board Qualification examinations. A Board Certified podiatric surgeon holding foot and ankle certified status who is not compliant with LEAD program requirements.

Surgically Inactive: Engaged in the active practice of podiatry but no longer has an active foot and ankle surgical practice; has fulfilled all relevant exam requirements; maintains an active, unrestricted license; and holds current, active privileges at a hospital or surgery center.

Suspended: A Board Qualified or Board Certified podiatric surgeon whose Foot status has expired and who has met the requirements for RRA Board Qualification or Board Certification. The Foot status must be active in order for the RRA status to be active as well.

Resigned: A podiatric surgeon who has voluntarily given up Board Certification.

Retired: An ABFAS Diplomate who has retired from active practice.

Please contact our verifications department if you have additional questions regarding suspended or revoked status.