Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 1155 - Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners
Chapter 1155-04 - General Rules Governing Orthotists, Prothetists, and Pedorthists
Section 1155-04-.21 - THERAPEUTIC FOOTWEAR
Current through April 3, 2024
The following actions with respect to therapeutic footwear and medical devices for the foot and ankle must be performed by a health care practitioner licensed under Title 63 who is acting within his or her lawful scope of practice:
(1) Modifications or additions to the interior or exterior of footwear for therapeutic purposes, including but not limited to heel lifts, outflare heels, Thomas heels, full sole lifts, wedged soles, rocker bottom soles, metatarsal bars, metatarsal raises or inserts that have fillers as part of their construction, toe fillers, and partial foot fillers;
(2) Permanent or temporary attachment of an orthosis to the footwear;
(3) Addition or modification of a removable or attached therapeutic foot device inside the shoe which was fabricated based on a cast, impression, mold, scan, or imprint;
(4) Creation of an image of a person's foot or ankle through the use of a mold, cast, scanning device, digital appliance, pressure sensitive device or other similar device; and
(5) Analysis, evaluation, measurement, assessment, or screening of a foot for the purpose of making a therapeutic recommendation.
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 63-3-106, 63-3-202, 63-3-203, and 63-3-205.
