Current through Reg. 49, No. 12; March 22, 2024
(a)
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to describe the unique qualifications a
person must possess to qualify for licensure as a prosthetist, orthotist or
prosthetist/orthotist under the Act, §605.254.
(b) Unique qualifications. A uniquely
qualified person means a person who, through education, training and
experience, is qualified to perform prosthetic or orthotic care.
(c) The department will determine whether a
person is uniquely qualified on a case-by-case basis based on the information
supplied by the applicant and other information deemed relevant by the
department.
(d) Applicants may
apply for licensure as a uniquely qualified person in accordance with paragraph
(1), (2), or (3):
(1) Applicants with at
least fifteen (15) years of extensive orthotic or prosthetic experience in the
discipline for which they have applied. These applicants must demonstrate proof
of having taken at least seventy-five (75) hours of continuing education that
meets the requirements of §114.50, within the five years before
application.
(2) Applicants with at
least fifteen (15) years of extensive orthotic experience and fifteen years of
extensive prosthetic experience who are applying for the prosthetist/orthotist
license. These applicants may accumulate extensive orthotic experience
concurrently with the accumulation of extensive prosthetic experience. These
applicants must demonstrate proof of having taken at least one hundred (100)
hours of continuing education that meets the requirements of §114.50, in
both orthotics and prosthetics, within the five years before
application.
(3) Applicants who
meet the academic requirements under §114.24, but who have not completed a
professional clinical residency meeting NCOPE requirements. These applicants
shall submit proof of at least two years of applicable orthotic or prosthetic
experience within the five years before application that was obtained under
supervision of a licensed or certified orthotist or prosthetist in the
discipline for which they have applied.
(e) The following is applicable to persons
applying for licensure under subsection (d)(1) and (2).
(1) The practitioner with extensive orthotic
practice experience must, within the limits set by the department, demonstrate
application of all of the elements of extensive orthotic practice, as defined
in §114.10(16), to at least two-thirds of the following types of orthoses:
foot orthosis; ankle-foot orthosis; knee-ankle-foot orthosis;
hip-knee-ankle-foot orthosis; hip orthosis; knee orthosis; cervical orthosis;
cervical-thoracic orthosis; thoracic-lumbar-sacral orthosis; lumbar-sacral
orthosis; cervical-thoracic-lumbar-sacral orthosis; hand orthosis; wrist-hand
orthosis; shoulder-elbow orthosis; shoulder-elbow-wrist-hand
orthosis.
(2) The practitioner with
extensive prosthetic practice experience must, within the limits set by the
department, demonstrate application of the elements of extensive prosthetic
practice, as defined in §114.10(17), to at least two-thirds of the
following types of prostheses: wrist disarticulation prosthesis; below elbow
prosthesis; above elbow prosthesis; shoulder disarticulation prosthesis;
partial foot prosthesis; symes prosthesis; below knee prosthesis; above knee
prosthesis; hip disarticulation prosthesis.
(f) Applicants who meet the requirements of
this section but for whom a determination under this section is inconclusive
may be required to pass the practitioner exam required under §114.22, to
demonstrate unique qualifications for a practitioner license.