KRS 319B.030: Powers and duties of board -- Administrative regulations -- Licensure

and exemptions from licensure -- Examinations -- Fees -- Continuing education

-- Enforcement -- Evaluation of applicants.

The board shall:

(1) Promulgate administrative regulations to:

(a) Establish licensure categories and issue licenses for orthotists, prosthetists,

pedorthists, and orthotic fitters;

(b) Establish the qualifications, educational courses, curriculum, hours, and

standards that are prerequisite to issuance of all lev els and types of licensure

established pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection. Any qualifications

established by the board shall include the following:

1. To qualify for a license to practice orthotics or prosthetics, a person

shall:

a. Possess a min imum of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited

college or university;

b. Complete a CAAHEP accredited education program in orthotics,

prosthetics, or both;

c. Complete a residency as defined in this chapter in the discipline

for which a license is sought;

d. Pass all written and practical examinations in any combination that

is required and approved by the board; and

e. Be qualified to practice in accordance with internationally

accepted standards of orthotic and prosthetic care;

2. To qualify for a license to practice pedorthics, a person shall:

a. Possess a minimum of a high school diploma or comparable

credential approved by the board;

b. Complete an NCOPE-approved pedorthic education program;

c. Pass all written and practical examinations that are required and

approved by the board;

d. Have a minimum of one thousand (1,000) hours of pedorthic

patient care experience as approved by the board;

e. Be qualified to practice in accordance with nationall y accepted

standards of pedorthic care;

3. To qualify for a license to practice as an orthotic fitter, a person shall:

a. Possess a minimum of a high school diploma or comparable

credential approved by the board;

b. Complete an NCOPE-approved orthotic fitter course;

c. Pass all examinations that are required and approved by the board;

d. Complete a minimum of one thousand (1,000) hours of experience

in orthotic fitting as approved by the board;

e. Be qualified to practice in accordance with nationally accep ted

standards of care acceptable to the board;

4. Provisions that a person may be licensed in more than one (1) discipline;

(c) Establish the circumstances or conditions, if any, under which persons may be

exempt from licensure after completion of training , while waiting to take or

receive the results of any required examination, or upon meeting specified

minimum educational and clinical qualifications;

(d) Select the examination or examinations to be utilized as the board's licensure

examination or examina tions and the prerequisites for admission to the

examination or examinations. The board may enter into a contract or

agreement with the chosen examination service or services, or select an

intermediary between the board and the examination service or servi ces, to

process applicants for the examination or examinations;

(e) Establish any other criteria for licensure that are reasonably related to the safe

and competent performance of prosthetics, orthotics, and pedorthics;

(f) 1. Establish the fees to be paid for each of the following:

a. Application for licensure;

b. Renewal or reinstatement of licensure;

c. Late renewal of licensure;

d. Application for continuing education course approval; and

e. Duplicate or replacement license.

2. The fees shall be set at a level that is adequate to pay all of the expenses

of implementing and administering licensure under this chapter;

(g) Establish the continuing education requirements for licensees, which shall

include the frequency of reporting, number of hours, types of courses,

approval of courses, methods of proving compliance, penalties for violation,

and all fees necessary for implementing the continuing education process; and

(h) Delineate the standards of practice for persons licensed under this chapter; and

(2) Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and evaluate the qualifications

of applicants for licensure.