| (a) Applicants for the orthotist license must complete
the orthotist academic, residency, and examination requirements for
orthotists. Applicants for the prosthetist license must complete the
prosthetist academic, residency, and examination requirements for
prosthetists. Applicants for the prosthetist/orthotist license must
complete the prosthetist and orthotist academic, residency, and examination
requirements.
(b) Academic requirements for an orthotist, prosthetist,
or prosthetist/orthotist license. The applicant must hold a bachelor's
or graduate degree:
(1) in prosthetics and orthotics from a college or
university educational program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation
of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) while the applicant attended
the program or a college or university educational program accepted
by the department as having educational standards equal to or exceeding
CAAHEP standards; or
(2) in any subject and a certificate from an orthotics,
prosthetics, or both an orthotics and prosthetics practitioner educational
program, as applicable to the license type for which the person is
applying, that is accredited by CAAHEP while the applicant attended
the program, or from a practitioner education program accepted by
the department as having educational standards equal to or exceeding
CAAHEP standards.
(c) Post-graduate requirements for the orthotist, prosthetist,
or prosthetist/orthotist license.
(1) The applicant must submit a completion certificate
from a NCOPE orthotic, prosthetic, or both an orthotic and prosthetic
residency program, as applicable to the license type for which the
person is applying, or from a residency program or programs approved
by the department.
(2) If any of the clinical requirements are completed
in Texas, the supervising orthotist(s), prosthetist(s), or prosthetist/orthotist(s)
must be licensed in accordance with the Act.
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