Ala. Admin. Code r. 746-X-2-.03

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 746-X-2-.03 - Application Required

(1) Application forms for licensure shall be adopted by the board and shall be disseminated to prospective applicants. Application forms for licensure shall require attestation of comprehensive care and/or work experience by the applicant.

(2) The Board directs staff to prepare and create new forms, or modify existing forms, to be used in the application process for licensure and temporary licensure. Application forms shall require applicants to submit all information required by Code of Ala. 1975, §34-25A-1-14.

(3) Application forms may be obtained upon written request from the Board office.

(4) An applicant for licensure by the Board in accordance by Code of Ala. 1975, §34-25A-1-14, shall provide the Board with all information required pursuant to Code of Ala. 1975, §34-25A-1-14 on forms created for that purpose by staff. In addition, an applicant shall provide either original documents or notarized or certified duplicates.

(5) The application and forms shall be submitted to the Board accompanied by fees as set by the Board. Any incomplete or missing information, documentation or fees shall render the application incomplete. No license shall be issued unless all application requirements have been met. Incomplete applications will be considered abandoned after one year. Any applicable fees paid shall not be refunded.

(6) The applicant shall be forthright and open in the provision of information to the Board in the application process. No applicant shall be awarded a license who does not provide the Board with complete, open and honest response to all request for information.

(7) Any Board member, based on any response to any question or request for information on the application form, may request an applicant to provide any additional information that the Board member feels is necessary or useful to determine the applicant's ability to practice orthotics and/or prosthetics.

(8) The applicant shall be candid in regard to the provision of information related to any academic misconduct or disciplinary action.

(9) The applicant shall be provided a copy of the Board rules on unprofessional conduct. The applicant shall review such rules and state candidly and honestly whether the applicant has committed any act that would constitute grounds for disciplinary action by the Board under the rules of the Board.

(10) The applicant shall cause to be paid all necessary fees related to the application.

(11) It is the responsibility of the applicant to verify the applicant's identity and the validity of all documents or information submitted to the Board in the licensure process.

(12) The Board may contact other sources as necessary to verify information provided during the application process. Should information be found through correspondence that was previously unknown to the Board, the application will be held until such time as the Secretary of the Board is satisfied that the information has been validated by the staff.

(13) An applicant may withdraw an application for licensure at any time prior to the submission of the application for consideration by the Board. No application may be withdrawn by an applicant after it has been submitted to the Board.

(14) A foreign applicant shall provide the Board with written proof of the applicant's ability to work in the United States as authorized by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service.

(15) Work experience required in section 5(b)(1)C and D and comprehensive care as required in 5 (d) (2) shall be as followed:

(a) Orthotics: the provision of comprehensive care for persons with a need for an orthosis. A license with comprehensive care experience must have applied the skills of evaluation, measurement, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting, servicing, initial training necessary to properly utilize and use an orthosis for the support, correction, or alleviation of neuromuscular or musculoskeletal dysfunction, disease injury, or deformity and maintenance of current progress notes and patient records. A practitioner must apply the aforementioned comprehensive care criteria to at least nine (9) of the following orthoses: foot orthosis; ankle-foot orthosis; knee orthosis; cervical orthosis; cervical-thoraic orthosis; thoracic-lumbar-sacral orthiosis; lumbar-sacral orthosis; cervical-thoracic- lumbar-sacral orthosis; hand orthosis; wrist-hand orthosis; elbow orthosis; shoulder-elbow orthosis; shoulder-elbow-wrist-hand orthosis.

(b) Prosthetics: the provision of comprehensive care for persons with a need for prosthesis. A licensee with comprehensive care experience must have applied the skills of evaluation, measurement, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting, servicing, initial training necessary to properly utilize the prosthesis and maintenance of current encounter notes and patient records. A practitioner must apply the aforementioned comprehensive care criteria to at least six (6) of the following prostheses: wrist disarticulation prosthesis; below elbow prosthesis; above elbow; partial foot prosthesis; symes prosthesis; below knee prosthesis; above knee prosthesis; knee disarticulation prosthesis.

(16) Definitions may be added or amended by act of the Board as required.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 746-X-2-.03

New Rule: Filed December 12, 2002; effective January 16, 2003. Amended (Rule No. Only): Filed April 29, 2005; effective June 3, 2005. Amended: Filed March 30, 2012; effective May 4, 2012.

Authors: Joseph C. Elliott, Glenn Crumpton

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §34-25A-1-14.