Effective: January 21, 2018
Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The Ohio occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board shall recognize an institution of higher education's bachelor's degree program in orthotics and prosthetics if the program satisfies all of the following requirements:
(A) Provides not less than two semesters or three quarters of instruction in orthotics and two semesters or three quarters of instruction in prosthetics;
(B) Requires as a condition of entry a high school diploma or certificate of high school equivalence;
(C) Includes a written description of the program that includes learning goals, course objectives, and competencies for graduation;
(D) Requires frequent, documented evaluation of students to assess their acquisition of knowledge, problem identification and solving skills, and psychomotor, behavioral, and clinical competencies;
(E) Requires as a condition of entry successful completion of courses in biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, computer science, algebra or higher math, human anatomy with a laboratory section, and physiology with a laboratory section;
(F) Requires formal instruction in biomechanics, gait analysis and pathometrics, kinesiology, pathology, materials science, research methods, and diagnostic imaging techniques;
(G) Requires students as a condition of graduation to demonstrate orthotics skills, including measurement, impression-taking, model rectification, and fitting and alignment of orthoses for the lower limbs, upper limbs, and spines;
(H) Requires students as a condition of graduation to complete training in orthotic systems, including foot orthosis, ankle-foot orthosis, knee orthosis, knee-ankle-foot orthosis, hip-knee-ankle orthosis, hip orthosis, wrist-hand orthosis, cervical-thoracic-lumbo-sacral orthosis, thoracolumbo-sacral orthosis, lumbo-sacral orthosis, HALO, fracture management, RGO, standing frames, and seating;
(I) Requires students as a condition of graduation to demonstrate prosthetic skills that include measurement, impression-taking, model rectification, diagnostic fitting, definitive fitting, postoperative management, external power, and static and dynamic alignment of sockets related to various amputation levels, including partial foot, Syme's below knee, above knee, below elbow, above elbow, and the various joint disarticulations;
(J) Requires as a condition of graduation students to complete not less than five hundred hours of supervised clinical experience that focus on patient-related activities, including recommendation, measurement, impression-taking, model rectification, fabrication, fitting, and evaluating patients in the use and function of orthotics and prosthetics;
(K) Provides for the evaluation of the program's compliance with the requirements of this section through regular, on-site visits conducted by a team of qualified individuals from a nationally recognized orthotic, prosthetic, or orthotic and prosthetic certifying body;
(L) Meets any other standards adopted by the board under section 4779.08 of the Revised Code.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 47 | Occupations-Professions
Chapter 4779 | Orthotists, Prosthetists, Pedorthists
Section 4779.01 | Orthotist, Prosthetist and Pedorthist Definitions.
Section 4779.02 | License Required.
Section 4779.03 | Unauthorized Use of Titles.
Section 4779.04 | Supervision by Licensee.
Section 4779.08 | Administrative Rules.
Section 4779.09 | Applying for License.
Section 4779.091 | License Applicant to Comply With Rc Chapter 4776.
Section 4779.10 | Eligibility for License - Orthotics.
Section 4779.11 | Eligibility for License - Prosthetics.
Section 4779.12 | Eligibility for License - Orthotics and Prosthetics.
Section 4779.13 | Eligibility for License - Pedorthics.
Section 4779.15 | Conducting Examinations.
Section 4779.17 | Issuing License Without Examination - Nonresidents.
Section 4779.18 | Issuing Temporary License.
Section 4779.19 | Term of License.
Section 4779.20 | Renewing License.
Section 4779.21 | Maintaining Board Records.
Section 4779.22 | Publishing and Making Available to the Public Written Information.
Section 4779.23 | Continuing Education.
Section 4779.24 | Continuing Education Units.
Section 4779.25 | Recognizing Bachelor's Degree Program.
Section 4779.26 | Recognizing Certificate Program.
Section 4779.27 | Residency Programs Approval.
Section 4779.28 | Disciplinary Actions.
Section 4779.281 | Administrative Hearing Costs.
Section 4779.29 | Suspension of License Without Adjudicatory Hearing.
Section 4779.30 | Allegation of Mental Incompetence or Illness.
Section 4779.31 | Reinstating Licenses.
Section 4779.32 | Allegations to Be Written and Verified.
Section 4779.33 | Enforcement.
Section 4779.34 | Compliance With Law Regarding Sanctions for Human Trafficking.
Section 4779.35 | Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Advisory Council.
Section 4779.40 | Authority to Engage in 3-D Printing of Open-Source Prosthetic Kits.