§ 59-3007. Prescription from licensed physician required - Penalties for practicing without license.

A.  A licensed orthotist may only provide care or services pursuant to a prescription from a licensed physician.  A licensed prosthetist may only provide care or services pursuant to a prescription from a licensed physician.

B.  Effective July 1, 2002, any person who holds himself or herself out as an orthotist or prosthetist or uses the titles Orthotist, Prosthetist, Orthotist/Prosthetist, or common variants of those titles without holding an appropriate license issued by the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, or who, without being registered by the Board, represents himself or herself to be a prosthetic/orthotic technician, or prosthetist/orthotist assistant, or who is in violation of any provision of the Orthotics and Prosthetics Practice Act shall be subject to an administrative fine for each day found to be in violation.  The amount of any fine shall be determined by the Board within limits set by the Board pursuant to rules adopted and promulgated by the Board and may be in addition to any other penalty provided by the Board or otherwise provided by law.

Added by Laws 2001, c. 158, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.