SECTION 114.24. Requirements for Licensure by Examination as a Prosthetist, Orthotist, or Prosthetist/Orthotist

(a) Applicants for the orthotist license must complete the orthotist academic, residency, and examination requirements for orthotists. Applicants for the prosthetist license must complete the prosthetist academic, residency, and examination requirements for prosthetists. Applicants for the prosthetist/orthotist license must complete the prosthetist and orthotist academic, residency, and examination requirements.

(b) Academic requirements for an orthotist, prosthetist, or prosthetist/orthotist license. The applicant must hold a bachelor's or graduate degree:

(1) in prosthetics and orthotics from a college or university educational program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) while the applicant attended the program or a college or university educational program accepted by the department as having educational standards equal to or exceeding CAAHEP standards; or

(2) in any subject and a certificate from an orthotics, prosthetics, or both an orthotics and prosthetics practitioner educational program, as applicable to the license type for which the person is applying, that is accredited by CAAHEP while the applicant attended the program, or from a practitioner education program accepted by the department as having educational standards equal to or exceeding CAAHEP standards.

(c) Post-graduate requirements for the orthotist, prosthetist, or prosthetist/orthotist license.

(1) The applicant must submit a completion certificate from a NCOPE orthotic, prosthetic, or both an orthotic and prosthetic residency program, as applicable to the license type for which the person is applying, or from a residency program or programs approved by the department.

(2) If any of the clinical requirements are completed in Texas, the supervising orthotist(s), prosthetist(s), or prosthetist/orthotist(s) must be licensed in accordance with the Act.

Source Note: The provisions of this §114.24 adopted to be effective October 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 4467; amended to be effective September 1, 2018, 43 TexReg 5362