N.J. Admin. Code § 13:44H-3.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:44H-3.6 - Supervision of an orthotist assistant, prosthetist assistant, prosthetist-orthotist assistant, student, or holder of a temporary license

(a) A licensed orthotist assistant, orthotist student or holder of a temporary orthotist license shall be supervised by a licensed orthotist. A licensed prosthetist assistant, prosthetist student or holder of a temporary prosthetist license shall be supervised by a licensed prosthetist. A licensed prosthetist-orthotist assistant, prosthetist-orthotist student or holder of a temporary prosthetist-orthotist license shall be supervised by a licensed prosthetist-orthotist.

(b) A licensed orthotist assistant, licensed prosthetist assistant, licensed prosthetist-orthotist assistant, student or holder of a temporary license shall not render nor continue to perform laboratory or clinical work unless he or she has obtained close or routine supervision from his or her supervising licensee. For purposes of this section, a "supervising licensee" is a licensed orthotist, licensed prosthetist or licensed prosthetist-orthotist who provides close or routine supervision in the same facility as, and who provides direction to a licensed orthotist assistant, licensed prosthetist assistant, licensed prosthetist-orthotist assistant, student or holder of a temporary license.

(c) A supervising licensee shall be responsible for the close supervision of a licensed orthotist assistant, licensed prosthetist assistant, licensed prosthetist-orthotist assistant, or student. For purposes of this section, "close supervision" means daily, face-to-face contact and observation of the performance of the laboratory and clinical work of the licensed orthotist assistant, licensed prosthetist assistant, licensed prosthetist-orthotist assistant or student at the location where his or her services are being performed.

(d) A supervising licensee shall be responsible for the routine supervision of the holder of a temporary license. For purposes of this section, "routine supervision" means face-to-face contact with and observation of the performance of the laboratory and clinical work of the holder of a temporary license at least once a week at the location where his or her services are being performed.

(e) The supervising licensee shall be personally responsible for the laboratory and clinical work of the licensed orthotist assistant, licensed prosthetist assistant, licensed prosthetist-orthotist assistant, student or holder of a temporary license.

(f) A supervising licensee shall not supervise more than three licensed orthotist assistants, licensed prosthetist assistants, licensed prosthetist-orthotist assistants, students or holders of a temporary license, or any combination thereof, at a time.

(g) The supervising licensee shall be physically present at both the initial evaluation of the patient and the final provision of the orthotic or prosthetic device by a student or holder of a temporary license to determine the appropriateness of the device delivered.

(h) The supervising licensee shall provide direction to the licensed orthotist assistant, licensed prosthetist assistant, licensed prosthetist-orthotist assistant, student or holder of a temporary license.

(i) A licensed orthotist assistant, licensed prosthetist assistant, licensed prosthetist-orthotist assistant, student or holder of a temporary license, shall maintain a daily record which shall contain the name and license number of the supervising licensee, the date when any services were performed and the clinical or laboratory services performed. The supervising licensee shall initial this record daily.

(j) The supervising licensee shall designate another licensee who shall perform the appropriate level of supervision, as detailed above, of licensed orthotist assistants, licensed prosthetist assistants, licensed prosthetist-orthotist assistants, students or holders of a temporary license in his or her absence.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:44H-3.6

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 4013(b), effective 12/18/2017