Ohio Code 4779.24 – Continuing education units
The Ohio occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board shall grant continuing education units to individuals licensed under this chapter on the following basis:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4779.24
- 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
- Pedorthics: means the evaluation, measurement, design, fabrication, assembly, fitting, adjusting, servicing, or training in the use of a pedorthic device, or the repair, replacement, adjustment, or servicing of a 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) For completing a continuing education course approved by the board under section 4779.23 of the Revised Code, one unit for each hour of instruction received;
(B) For teaching as a faculty member a course in orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics that is part of the curriculum of an institution of higher education, one-half unit for each semester hour of the course, or an equivalent unit for each quarter or trimester hour of the course;
(C) For teaching other than as a faculty member a course that is part of an institution of higher education’s orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics curriculum, one unit for each hour teaching the course;
(D) For teaching a continuing education course that is approved by the board under section 4779.23 of the Revised Code that is not part of an institution of higher education’s orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics curriculum, three units for each hour teaching the course for the first time and one-half unit for each hour teaching the course each time thereafter.