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Podiatric medicine is added to the qualifying schooling

To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes, section 402, Sec. 402. Written by .

Podiatric medicine is added to the qualifying schooling

The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 402 in the PDF
What the document says

“by striking ``osteopathic medicine, dental surgery'' and inserting ``osteopathic medicine, podiatric medicine, dental surgery''”

To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes, Sec. 402

The section adds podiatric medicine to the fields of schooling named in section 303(m)(1)(A)(v) of the Controlled Substances Act, and changes the phrase dental medicine curriculum to dental or podiatric medicine curriculum.

What the document actually says

“by striking ``osteopathic medicine, dental surgery'' and inserting ``osteopathic medicine, podiatric medicine, dental surgery''”

To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes, Sec. 402
That sentence, in plain words

Two words are added to a list of school subjects. The words are podiatric medicine. That is the study of the foot.

What this is about

The rule counts what a person studied in school. Adding a field means graduates of it can meet the rule that way.

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    Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, Public Law 119-44, sec. 402, 139 Stat. 690 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ44/html/PLAW-119publ44.htm

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    “Podiatric medicine is added to the qualifying schooling,” Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, section 402, Sec. 402. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-44/proposal/sec402-podiatric-curriculum/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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