Alabama Administrative Code
Title 746 - ALABAMA BOARD OF PROSTHETISTS AND ORTHOTISTS
Chapter 746-X-7 - LICENSURE OF PEDORTHISTS
Section 746-X-7-.03 - Scope Of Practice
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 5, February 29, 2024
(1) Practice of Pedorthics. Pedorthics is the practice, pursuant to a written order/prescription when addressing a medical condition, of evaluating, treatment planning, patient managing, measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting or servicing, necessary to accomplish the application of a pedorthic device for the prevention or amelioration of painful and/or disabling conditions of the foot and ankle.
(2) Certified Pedorthist.
(3) Pedorthic Devices. "Pedorthic devices" means therapeutic shoes, shoe modifications made for therapeutic purposes, partial foot prostheses (L5000), foot orthoses and subtalarcontrol foot orthoses (SCFO, see below). Pedorthic devices do not include nontherapeutic, accommodative inlays and nontherapeutic accommodative footwear, regardless of method of manufacture; unmodified, nontherapeutic overthecounter shoes; or prefabricated foot care products. For purposes of this document, "accommodative" means designed with a primary goal of conforming to the individual's anatomy, and "therapeutic" devices are devices that address a medical condition, while nontherapeutic devices are devices that do not address a medical condition.
(4) Subtalar Control
Foot Orthosis (SCFO).
Subtalar Control
Foot Orthosis (SCFO):
a lower extremity orthosis designed to manage the function of the anatomy distal to the ankle joint by controlling the range of motion of the subtalar joint. The proximal length of a SCFO does not extend beyond the musculotendonis junction of the gastrocnemius and the calcaneal (Achilles) tendon. A SCFO is a method of treatment of conditions related to the foot demanding additional surface area to control forces. A SCFO does not include a supramalleoli orthosis.
(5) Comprehensive Pedorthic Care includes the following conditions:
Authors: Glenn Crumpton
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 34-25A-1-14