Ohio Code 4779.26 – Recognizing certificate program
The Ohio occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board shall recognize a certificate program in orthotics, prosthetics, or orthotics and prosthetics if the program satisfies all of the following requirements:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4779.26
- Orthotics: means the evaluation, measurement, design, fabrication, assembly, fitting, adjusting, servicing, or training in the use of an orthotic or pedorthic device, or the repair, replacement, adjustment, or service of an existing orthotic or pedorthic device. See Ohio Code 4779.01
- Prosthetics: means the evaluation, measurement, design, fabrication, assembly, fitting, adjusting, servicing, or training in the use of a prosthesis or pedorthic device, or the repair, replacement, adjustment, or service of a prosthesis or pedorthic device. See Ohio Code 4779.01
(A) Meets the requirements in divisions (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (K), and (L) of section 4779.25 of the Revised Code;
(B) In the case of a certificate program in orthotics, the program does all of the following:
(1) Provides not less than two semesters or three quarters of instruction in orthotics;
(2) Requires students to complete not less than two hundred fifty hours of supervised clinical experience that focuses on patient-related activities, recommendation, measurement, impression-taking, model rectification, fabrication, fitting, and evaluating patients in the use and function of orthotics;
(3) Meets the requirements in divisions (G) and (H) of section 4779.25 of the Revised Code.
(C) In the case of a certificate program in prosthetics, the program does all of the following:
(1) Provides not less than two semesters or three quarters of instruction in prosthetics;
(2) Requires students to complete not less than two hundred fifty hours of supervised clinical experience that focuses on patient-related activities, recommendation, measurement, impression-taking, model rectification, fabrication, fitting, and evaluating patients in the use and function of prosthetics;
(3) Meets the requirements in divisions (F) and (I) of section 4779.25 of the Revised Code.
(D) In the case of a certificate program in orthotics and prosthetics, the program does both of the following:
(1) Provides not less than two semesters or three quarters of instruction in orthotics and two semesters or three quarters of instruction in prosthetics;
(2) Meets the requirements in divisions (H) and (I) of section 4779.25 of the Revised Code.
