Sec. 605.258. STUDENT REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE. (a) The department may issue a student registration certificate to an individual who is working toward fulfilling the requirements for a license as an orthotist, prosthetist, or prosthetist orthotist and:

(1) holds either:

(A) a bachelor's or graduate degree in orthotics and prosthetics from:

(i) an education program recognized and accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs that is offered at an institution of higher education; or

(ii) a practitioner education program that has education standards that are equivalent to or exceed the standards adopted by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; or

(B) a bachelor's degree in another subject and an orthotic or prosthetic certificate issued by a practitioner education program:

(i) recognized and accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; or

(ii) that has education standards that are equivalent to or exceed the standards adopted by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; or

(2) is a student who:

(A) is currently enrolled in a graduate program in this state in orthotics and prosthetics that:

(i) is recognized and accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; and

(ii) incorporates a professional clinical residency that meets the requirements of rules adopted under Section 605.252(c); and

(B) submits to the department a written certification from the graduate program in which the student is enrolled that the student has successfully completed the academic prerequisites to enter a professional clinical residency.

(b) A student registrant may work only under the direct supervision of a licensed orthotist, licensed prosthetist, or licensed prosthetist orthotist who is responsible for the acts of the student registrant and licensed in the discipline of the student registrant's clinical residency.

(c) A student registration certificate is valid for two years from the date issued and may be renewed once for an additional two years.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 511 (S.B. 141), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 1.184, eff. September 1, 2015.