2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 319B PROSTHETISTS, ORTHOTISTS, AND PEDORTHISTS 319B.090 Licensed health care practitioners and other professions not to be limited or restricted by KRS Chapter 319B.
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319B.090 Licensed health care practitioners and other professions not to be limited
or restricted by KRS Chapter 319B.
Nothing in this chapter or in the administrative regulations promulgated by the board <br>pursuant to this chapter shall be interpreted to limit or restrict: <br>(1) A licensed health care practitioner or provider from engaging in the full scope of
practice authorized by the license for that person's profession, training, or services;
(2) A person licensed as a physical therapist under KRS Chapter 327 or as an
occupational therapist under KRS Chapter 319A from engaging in that person's <br>profession pursuant to his or her education and training;
(3) A person certified as an athletic trainer under KRS Chapter 311 from engaging in
that person's profession pursuant to his or her education and training;
(4) A person licensed as a physician under KRS Chapter 311 from engaging in that
person's profession pursuant to his or her education and training;
(5) A person licensed as a chiropractor under KRS Chapter 312 from engaging in that
person's profession pursuant to his or her education and training;
(6) A person licensed as a pharmacist under KRS Chapter 315 from engaging in that
person's profession pursuant to his or her education and training;
(7) A person certified as a therapeutic shoe fitter by a nationally recognized board from
engaging in that person's profession pursuant to his or her education and training <br>and within that person's scope of practice as defined by the certifying board;
(8) Individuals acting under the supervision and control of a licensed pharmacist or
pharmacy from measuring, fitting, or adjusting any noncustom fabricated and fitted <br>device including but not limited to over-the-counter devices, so long as such <br>individual does not create a cast, mold, or scan of a part of the human body for the <br>purpose of constructing a medical device to treat a patient's medical condition, and <br>so long as such individual meets one (1) of the following criteria for the device: <br>(a) Documented training from a manufacturer or training from a licensed or
certified orthotist, prosthetist, or pedorthist;
(b) Certification or registration as a fitter of orthotic, prosthetic, or pedorthic
devices from a nationally recognized board or association such as the Board of <br>Certification/Accreditation, International (BOC), the National Community <br>Pharmacists Association (NCPA), or the American Board for Certification in <br>Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics, Inc. (ABC); or
(c) Direct supervision by a trained and experienced, or certified, or registered,
fitter of orthotic, prosthetic, or pedorthic devices; or
(9) Individuals acting under the supervision and control of a licensed pharmacist or
pharmacy from measuring, fitting, or adjusting any noncustom fabricated and fitted <br>pedorthic devices including but not limited to diabetic shoes, so long as the <br>individual meets the criteria of either subsection (8)(a) or (8)(b) of this section, and <br>so long as the individual does not create a cast, mold, or scan of a part of the human <br>body for the purpose of constructing a medical device to treat a patient's medical <br>problem.
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Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Created 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 109, sec. 10, effective July 15, 2010.
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