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| To amend section 4779.02 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| exempt diabetic shoe fitters from licensure. | 2 |
| Section 1. That section 4779.02 of the Revised Code be | 3 |
| amended to read as follows: | 4 |
| Sec. 4779.02. (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this | 5 |
| section, no person shall practice or represent that the person is | 6 |
| authorized to practice orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics | 7 |
| unless the person holds a current, valid license issued or renewed | 8 |
| under this chapter. | 9 |
| (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any of the | 10 |
| following: | 11 |
| (1) An individual who holds a current, valid license, | 12 |
| certificate, or registration issued under Chapter 4723., 4730., | 13 |
| 4731., 4734., or 4755. of the Revised Code and is practicing | 14 |
| within the individual's scope of practice under statutes and rules | 15 |
| regulating the individual's profession; | 16 |
| (2) An individual who practices orthotics, prosthetics, or | 17 |
| pedorthics as an employee of the federal government and is engaged | 18 |
| in the performance of duties prescribed by statutes and | 19 |
| regulations of the United States; | 20 |
| (3) An individual who provides orthotic, prosthetic, or | 21 |
| pedorthic services under the supervision of a licensed orthotist, | 22 |
| prosthetist, or pedorthist in accordance with section 4779.04 of | 23 |
| the Revised Code; | 24 |
| (4) An individual who provides orthotic, prosthetic, or | 25 |
| pedorthic services as part of an educational, certification, or | 26 |
| residency program approved by the state board of orthotics, | 27 |
| prosthetics, and pedorthics under sections 4779.25 to 4779.27 of | 28 |
| the Revised Code; | 29 |
| (5) An individual who provides orthotic, prosthetic, or | 30 |
| pedorthic services under the direct supervision of an individual | 31 |
| authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice | 32 |
| medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery; | 33 |
| (6) An individual who fits and measures individuals for | 34 |
| therapeutic diabetic shoes and shoe inserts and dispenses those | 35 |
| shoes and shoe inserts to individuals, but provides no other | 36 |
| services that are authorized by this chapter, as long as the | 37 |
| individual has successfully completed either of the following: | 38 |
| (a) A manufacturer's training course that consists of | 39 |
| instruction in the fitting of therapeutic diabetic shoes and shoe | 40 |
| inserts and requires the individual to undergo an assessment to | 41 |
| determine whether the course has been successfully completed; | 42 |
| (b) A course of study that covers both the fitting of | 43 |
| therapeutic diabetic shoes and shoe inserts and patient management | 44 |
| of those shoes and inserts and is either of the following: | 45 |
| (i) Approved by the national commission on orthotic and | 46 |
| prosthetic education; | 47 |
| (ii) Provided through a certification program offered by an | 48 |
| orthotic and prosthetic certification organization accredited by | 49 |
| the national commission for certifying agencies. | 50 |
| Section 2. That existing section 4779.02 of the Revised Code | 51 |
| is hereby repealed. | 52 |