This chapter shall not apply to:
(1) The practice of orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics by a person who is employed by the federal government or any bureau, division, or agency of the federal government while in the discharge of the employee’s official duties;

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 319B.100

  • Facility: means the business location where orthotic, prosthetic, or pedorthic care is provided. See Kentucky Statutes 319B.010
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • NCOPE: means the National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education. See Kentucky Statutes 319B.010
  • Orthotics: means the science and practice of evaluating, measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting, or servicing an orthosis, under an order from a licensed health care practitioner or provider authorized by law to issue such an order, for the correction or alleviation of neuromuscular or musculoskeletal dysfunction, disease, injury, or deformity. See Kentucky Statutes 319B.010
  • Pedorthics: means the science and practice of evaluating, measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting, or servicing a pedorthic device, under an order from a licensed health care practitioner or provider authorized by law to issue such an order for the correction or alleviation of neuromuscular or musculoskeletal dysfunction, disease, injury, or deformity. See Kentucky Statutes 319B.010
  • Person: means a natural person. See Kentucky Statutes 319B.010
  • Prosthetics: means the science and practice of evaluating, measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting, or servicing a prosthesis, under an order from a licensed health care practitioner or provider authorized by law to issue such an order. See Kentucky Statutes 319B.010
  • Resident: means a person who has completed a CAAHEP accredited education program in orthotics, prosthetics, or both and is obtaining his or her clinical training in a residency accredited by NCOPE. See Kentucky Statutes 319B.010

(2) The practice of orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics by:
(a) A student enrolled in a school of orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics;
(b) A resident continuing his or her clinical education in a residency accredited by
CAAHEP or NCOPE;
(c) A student in a qualified work experience program or internship in pedorthics;
or
(d) A physician licensed under KRS Chapter 311; or
(3) The measuring, fitting, or adjusting of an orthotic device by an employee or authorized representative of an orthosis manufacturer registered with the federal food and drug administration, when the employee or representative is directly supervised by a licensed health care professional authorized by law to prescribe, measure, or fit the device, and the measuring, fitting, or adjusting of the device occurs in the office of the licensed health care professional or in a health care facility.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Created 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 109, sec. 11, effective July 15, 2010.