Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4755:4 - Orthotics, Prosthetics, Pedorthics › Chapter 4755:4-2 - Code of Ethical Conduct › Section 4755:4-2-02 - Definition of terms

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The following definitions must apply to
				the language of Chapter 4779. of the Revised Code:
(A)
								"Board" means the
			 Ohio occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers
			 board.
(B)
								"License" as it is used under Chapter 4779. of the
			 Revised Code, means the authority to practice in the noted profession pursuant
			 to an action of the board.
(C)
								"License holder"
			 means a person who holds a license issued under Chapter 4779. of the Revised
			 Code.
(D)
								"Nationally accredited college or university in the
			 U.S." means colleges and universities accredited by an accreditation body
			 recognized by the U.S. department of education, including regional
			 accreditation bodies.
(E)
								"Provides two semesters or three quarters of
			 instruction" as it is used in divisions (B)(1), (C)(1), and (D)(1) of section
			 4779.26 of the Revised Code
			 means that the certificate program meets those specific traditional education
			 duration standards or meets the standards as developed and implemented by the
			 national commission on orthotic and prosthetic education (NCOPE) in effect at
			 the time the applicant was completing his or her formal education for entrance
			 to the referenced professions. Such instruction may include blended learning
			 that allows for a combination of online distance learning, classroom learning,
			 and on-site clinical learning that meets the standards established by the
			 commission on accreditation of allied health education professions
			 (CAAHEP).
(F)
								"Provides two semesters or three quarters of
			 instruction" as it is used in divisions (B)(1), (B)(2), and (B)(3) of section
			 4779.27 of the Revised Code
			 means that the residency program requires as a prerequisite for admission the
			 educational equivalent of learning required by section
			 4779.26 of the Revised Code or
			 residency admission standards as developed and implemented by the national
			 commission on orthotic and prosthetic education (NCOPE) that were in effect at
			 the time the applicant was completing his or her formal education for entrance
			 to the referenced professions and that meets or met the standards established
			 by the commission on accreditation of allied health education professions
			 (CAAHEP).
(G)
								"Residency program" approved by the board, as
			 referenced in section
			 4779.10 of the Revised Code,
			 section 4779.11 of the Revised Code, and
			 section 4779.12 of the Revised Code
			 means a residency requiring nineteen hundred hours under the direct supervision
			 of a practitioner certified in the same discipline, and which meets the
			 requirements of section
			 4779.27 of the Revised
			 Code.
(H)
								"Suspended" as used in section
			 4779.31 of the Revised Code
			 means a license that has lapsed or been placed on inactive or non-renewed
			 status due to non-payment of renewal fees, as well as a license placed under
			 suspension as the result of an adjudication pursuant to section
			 4779.28,
			 4779.29, or
			 4779.30 of the Revised Code, or
			 as the result of an agreement entered into between the board and the license
			 holder in lieu of proceeding to adjudication.
(I)
								Supervision
			 definitions and requirements
(1)
									"Physically present" as it is used under division (B)
			 of section 4779.04 of the Revised Code
			 means at the same building, location, or facility as the nonlicensed
			 practitioner and patient.
(2)
									"Under the direct supervision," as it is used under
			 division (B)(5) of section
			 4779.02 of the Revised Code,
			 means the person who provides orthotic, prosthetic, or pedorthic services under
			 the supervision of a person authorized to practice medicine or osteopathic
			 medicine, must perform the evaluation, measurement, design, fitting, adjusting,
			 servicing, or training in a building, facility, or location where the physician
			 or osteopathic physician is present at the time the service is provided and
			 pursuant to a professional arrangement whereby the physician or osteopathic
			 physician takes full clinical and consumer care responsibility for the
			 orthotic, prosthetic, or pedorthic services provided.
Replaces: 4755-62-01