Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 435 - State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision
Chapter 50 - Licensed Pedorthists
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 435:50-1-4 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"ABC" means the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics.
"Accommodative device" means a device designed with a primary goal of conforming to the individual's anatomy. [59 O.S. ss. 2302]
"BCP" means the Board for Certification in Pedorthics.
"BOC" means the Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification.
"Board"means the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. [59 O.S. ss. 2302]
"Certified Pedorthist (C.Ped.)"means a professional whose competence in the practice of pedorthics is attested to by issuance of a credential by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics or the Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification. [59 O.S. ss. 2302]
"Committee" means the Advisory Committee on Pedorthics.
"Department" means the State Department of Health. [59 O.S. ss. 2302]
"Direct supervision" means personal supervision and specific delineation of tasks and responsibilities by an Oklahoma licensed pedorthist and shall include the responsibility for personally reviewing the work by the supervisee. It is the responsibility of the Oklahoma licensed pedorthist to be on site during treatment to ensure that the supervisee does not perform duties for which he is not trained.
"Full-time" means greater than 2,000 hours a year.
"General supervision" means responsible supervision and control, with the Oklahoma licensed pedorthist providing both initial direction and periodic inspection of the supervisee's work. Such plan of treatment shall not be altered by the supervised individual without prior consultation with and approval of the supervising pedorthist. The supervising pedorthist need not always be physically present or on the premises when the supervisee is performing services; however, except in cases of emergency, supervision shall require the availability of the supervising pedorthist for consultation with and direction of the supervised individual.
"Licensed Pedorthist" or "L.Ped." means a person who is licensed as required by the Oklahoma Licensed Pedorthists Act, who regularly practices pedorthics, and who is therefore entitled to represent himself or herself to the public by a title or description of services that includes the term "pedorthist".
"Pedorthic device"means therapeutic shoes, shoe modifications made for therapeutic purposes, partial foot prostheses and custom made orthoses, inserts, inlays or variants thereof for use from the ankle and below, but does not include nontherapeutic accommodative inlays or nontherapeutic accommodative footwear, regardless of method of manufacture, unmodified over-the-counter shoes, or prefabricated foot care products. [59 O.S. ss. 2302]
"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 prescribed by a licensed physician, licensed podiatrist, or chiropractor for the support or correction of disabilities caused by diseases, injuries or deformities.
"Practice of pedorthics" means the practice, pursuant to a written prescription from a physician when addressing a medical condition, of evaluating, planning treatment, measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting, managing of the patient, or servicing of painful and/or disabling conditions of the foot and ankle.
"Subtalar - Control Foot Orthosis (SCFO)" means 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 calcaneal (Achilles) tendon. A SCFO is an improved method of treatment of conditions related to the foot demanding additional surface area to control forces. A SCFO does not include a supramalleoli orthosis.
(A) Ankle joint as used in this definition includes the following:
(i) Ankle joint articulations
(I) Talus - Talar trochlea
(II) Tibia - Inferior articular surface; Articular surface of the medial malleolus
(III) Fibula
(IV) Articular surface of the inferior lateral malleolus
(ii) Ankle joint function. The ankle joint is a single plane joint consisting of the sagital motions of plantar flexion and dorsiflexion.
(B) Subtalar joint as used in this definition includes the following:
(i) Subtalar joint articulations
(I) Calcaneous - Middle articular surface; Posterior articular surface
(II) Talus - Talo-calcaneal; Talo-navicular
(ii) Subtalar Joint Function. The subtalar joint is a multi-plane or tri-plane motion joint consisting of the frontal plane motion of inversion/eversion, the transverse plane motion of abduction/adduction, and the sagital plane motion of flexion/extension.
"Therapeutic device"means a device that addresses a medical condition.[59 O.S. ss. 2302]
Added at 19 Ok Reg 540, eff 12-28-01 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 2314, eff 6-28-02; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2461, eff 7-11-03; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 1083, eff 5-11-09
