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Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETYChapter 44H - ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS BOARD OF EXAMINERS
Subchapter 8 - ADVERTISING
Section 13:44H-8.4 - Use of professional credentials and certification

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:44H-8.4

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Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025
Section 13:44H-8.4 - Use of professional credentials and certification
(a) A licensee shall accurately and objectively represent his or her competence, education, training and experience.
(b) An advertisement which includes information on professional credentials shall contain the highest academic degrees or certifications attained related to the regulated practice of orthotics, prosthetics, or prosthetic-orthotics and shall refer only to degrees obtained from academic institutions accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.
(c) An advertisement which includes information on orthotic, prosthetic, prosthetic-orthotic or pedorthic certification shall include the full name of the agency conferring the certification or the recognized name or abbreviation of the certification.
(d) In addition to the information required to appear pursuant to (b) and (c) above, letters or abbreviations which may appear immediately adjacent to the name of an orthotist, prosthetist, prosthetist-orthotist, orthotist assistant, prosthetist assistant, prosthetist-orthotist assistant or pedorthist shall be limited to those representing the following:
1. The highest academic degrees earned related to the practice of orthotics, prosthetics, prosthetic-orthotics or pedorthics; and
2. Other licenses or certifications issued by another state or Federal agency.
(e) Nothing in this section shall preclude any truthful and non-deceptive statement in regard to education or experience in a particular area of orthotics, prosthetics, prosthetic-orthotics or pedorthics.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:44H-8.4

Amended by R.2002 d.196, effective 6/17/2002.
See: 33 New Jersey Register 1864(a), 34 New Jersey Register 2129(a).
In (b), substituted "a national or regional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education" for "the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education or its successor"; rewrote (d).