Illinois Administrative Code
Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Part 1325 - ORTHOTICS, PROSTHETICS AND PEDORTHICS PRACTICE ACT
Section 1325.40 - Supervision
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Non-licensed caregivers (assistants, technicians, residents, or students) may provide orthotic, prosthetic, or pedorthic services only under the supervision of a licensee under the Act. All services must be performed pursuant to the supervisor's order, control, oversight, guidance and full professional responsibility. The following sets forth four levels of supervision and identifies the supervisory relationship between the licensed orthotist, prosthetist, or pedorthist and other non-licensed orthotic, prosthetic, or pedorthic caregivers.
b) Assistants may provide all levels of care. Supervision is based on training and experience of the assistant and the classification of the device. Custom fabricated and fitted devices and custom fitted devices (high complexity) should be provided under direct or close supervision. Custom fitted devices (low complexity) should be provided under close or indirect supervision. Off-the-shelf devices and over-the-counter devices may be provided under indirect supervision.
c) Technicians shall only provide care involving technical implementation skills and no clinical assessment or patient management skills. The care shall be under close or direct supervision depending on the complexity of the care.
d) Residents shall provide all levels of care under supervision. Supervision should progress from direct supervision to indirect supervision as the resident progresses through the residency program.
e) Students shall provide all levels of care under direct supervision.