(1) Until January 1, 2013, any person who practices as an orthotic fitter, orthotist, prosthetist, or pedorthist in violation of this chapter shall be subject to only a warning for the first offense. The person shall be granted thirty (30) days to comply with the provisions of this chapter. Any subsequent offenses committed at any time shall be subject to the relevant penalties in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) Except as otherwise indicated in subsection (1) of this section, any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall pay a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation.

Attorney's Note

Under the Kentucky Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class A misdemeanorup to 12 months up to $500
For details, see § 532.090

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 319B.150

  • Orthotist: means a person who is specifically trained and educated to provide or manage the provision of a custom-designed, fabricated, modified, and fitted external orthosis to an orthotic patient, based on a clinical assessment and a prescription from a health care practitioner or provider authorized by law to write such prescriptions, to restore physiological function or cosmesis. See Kentucky Statutes 319B.010
  • Pedorthist: means a person who measures, designs, fabricates, fits, or services pedorthic devices and assists in the formulation of the order of pedorthic devices, as ordered by a licensed health care practitioner or provider authorized by law to issue such an order for the support or correction of disabilities caused by neuromuscular or musculoskeletal dysfunction, disease, injury, or deformity. See Kentucky Statutes 319B.010
  • Person: means a natural person. See Kentucky Statutes 319B.010
  • Prosthetist: means a person who is specifically trained and educated to provide or manage the provision of a custom designed, fabricated, modified, and fitted external
    limb prosthesis to a prosthetic patient, based on a clinical assessment and a prescription from a health care practitioner or provider authorized to write such prescriptions, to restore physiological function or cosmesis. See Kentucky Statutes 319B.010

Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Created 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 109, sec. 16, effective July 15, 2010.