New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 44H - ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS BOARD OF EXAMINERS
Subchapter 2 - SCOPE OF PRACTICE
Section 13:44H-2.2 - Scope of prosthetist practice; prosthetist assistant

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:44H-2.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The scope of practice of a licensed prosthetist shall include patient evaluation for any type of upper and lower extremity prosthetic appliance prescribed by a physician licensed to practice medicine or surgery or a licensed doctor of podiatric medicine and the development and implementation of a prosthetic treatment plan that includes the measuring, designing, constructing, assembling, fitting, adjusting, and servicing of upper and lower extremity prosthetic appliances.

(b) A licensed prosthetist assistant may provide services identified in (a) above under the close supervision of a licensed prosthetist pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:44H-3.6.

(c) A licensed prosthetist assistant shall not:

1. Provide the initial evaluation of a patient;

2. Develop or modify a prosthetic treatment plan for a patient; or

3. Provide the final fitting of an upper or lower extremity prosthetic appliance.

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