Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 435 - State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision › Chapter 50 - Licensed Pedorthists › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 435:50-1-4 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"ABC"
means the American Board for Certification
				  in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics.
"Accommodative device"
means a device designed
				  with a primary goal of conforming to the individual's anatomy. [59 O.S. ss.
				  2302]
"BCP"
means the Board for Certification in
				  Pedorthics.
"BOC"
means the Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist
				  Certification.
"Board"
means the State Board of
				  Medical Licensure and Supervision.
[59 O.S. ss. 2302]
"Certified Pedorthist (C.Ped.)"
means
				  a professional whose competence in the practice of pedorthics is attested to by
				  issuance of a credential by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics,
				  Prosthetics & Pedorthics or the Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist
				  Certification.
[59 O.S. ss. 2302]
"Committee"
means the Advisory Committee on
				  Pedorthics.
"Department"
means the State Department of
				  Health. [59 O.S. ss. 2302]
"Direct supervision"
means personal supervision
				  and specific delineation of tasks and responsibilities by an Oklahoma licensed
				  pedorthist and shall include the responsibility for personally reviewing the
				  work by the supervisee. It is the responsibility of the Oklahoma licensed
				  pedorthist to be on site during treatment to ensure that the supervisee does
				  not perform duties for which he is not trained.
"Full-time"
means greater than 2,000 hours a
				  year.
"General supervision"
means responsible
				  supervision and control, with the Oklahoma licensed pedorthist providing both
				  initial direction and periodic inspection of the supervisee's work. Such plan
				  of treatment shall not be altered by the supervised individual without prior
				  consultation with and approval of the supervising pedorthist. The supervising
				  pedorthist need not always be physically present or on the premises when the
				  supervisee is performing services; however, except in cases of emergency,
				  supervision shall require the availability of the supervising pedorthist for
				  consultation with and direction of the supervised individual.
"Licensed Pedorthist" or "L.Ped."
means a person
				  who is licensed as required by the Oklahoma Licensed Pedorthists Act, who
				  regularly practices pedorthics, and who is therefore entitled to represent
				  himself or herself to the public by a title or description of services that
				  includes the term "pedorthist".
"Pedorthic device"
means therapeutic
				  shoes, shoe modifications made for therapeutic purposes, partial foot
				  prostheses and custom made orthoses, inserts, inlays or variants thereof for
				  use from the ankle and below, but does not include nontherapeutic accommodative
				  inlays or nontherapeutic accommodative footwear, regardless of method of
				  manufacture, unmodified over-the-counter shoes, or prefabricated foot care
				  products.
[59 O.S. ss. 2302]
"Pedorthist"
means a person who measures,
				  designs, fabricates, fits or services pedorthic devices and assists in the
				  formulation of the order of pedorthic devices as prescribed by a licensed
				  physician, licensed podiatrist, or chiropractor for the support or correction
				  of disabilities caused by diseases, injuries or deformities.
"Practice of pedorthics"
means the practice,
				  pursuant to a written prescription from a physician when addressing a medical
				  condition, of evaluating, planning treatment, measuring, designing,
				  fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting, managing of the patient, or
				  servicing of painful and/or disabling conditions of the foot and ankle.
"Subtalar - Control Foot Orthosis (SCFO)"
means
				  a lower extremity orthosis designed to manage the function of the anatomy
				  distal to the ankle joint by controlling the range of motion of the subtalar
				  joint. The proximal length of a SCFO does not extend beyond the musculotendonis
				  junction of the gastrocnemius and calcaneal (Achilles) tendon. A SCFO is an
				  improved method of treatment of conditions related to the foot demanding
				  additional surface area to control forces. A SCFO does not include a
				  supramalleoli orthosis.
(A) Ankle joint as used in this definition includes the
				  following:
(i) Ankle joint articulations
(I) Talus - Talar trochlea
(II) Tibia - Inferior articular surface; Articular surface of
				  the medial malleolus
(III) Fibula
(IV) Articular surface of the inferior lateral
				  malleolus
(ii) Ankle joint function. The ankle joint is a single plane
				  joint consisting of the sagital motions of plantar flexion and
				  dorsiflexion.
(B) Subtalar joint as used in this definition includes the
				  following:
(i) Subtalar joint articulations
(I) Calcaneous - Middle articular surface; Posterior
				  articular surface
(II) Talus - Talo-calcaneal; Talo-navicular
(ii) Subtalar Joint Function. The subtalar joint is a
				  multi-plane or tri-plane motion joint consisting of the frontal plane motion of
				  inversion/eversion, the transverse plane motion of abduction/adduction, and the
				  sagital plane motion of flexion/extension.
"Therapeutic device"
means a device
				  that addresses a medical condition.
[59 O.S. ss. 2302]
Added at 19 Ok Reg 540,
				  eff 12-28-01 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 2314, eff 6-28-02; Amended at 20
				  Ok Reg 2461, eff 7-11-03; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 1083, eff
				  5-11-09