Bill Text: OH HB326 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: To add pharmacists to the professional license exception to the Orthotist, Prosthetist, and Pedorthist Licensing Law.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-12-19 - Governor' Action [HB326 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HB326-Comm_Sub.html
As Reported by the House Commerce, Labor, and Technology Committee
A BILL
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Bill Title: To add pharmacists to the professional license exception to the Orthotist, Prosthetist, and Pedorthist Licensing Law.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-12-19 - Governor' Action [HB326 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HB326-Comm_Sub.html
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Representatives Roegner, Reece
Cosponsors:
Representatives Hood, Stebelton, Wachtmann, Thompson, Huffman, Becker, Mallory, Buchy, Sheehy, DeVitis, Young, Duffey, Landis
To amend section 4779.02 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
exempt diabetic shoe fitters from licensure. | 2 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
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 |