NY State Assembly Bill 2015-A6799B

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Jan 13, 2016	print number 6799b
Jan 13, 2016	amend and recommit to higher education
Jan 06, 2016	referred to higher education
Apr 28, 2015	print number 6799a
Apr 28, 2015	amend (t) and recommit to higher education
Apr 02, 2015	referred to higher education

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2015-A6799 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S6547
Current Committee:: Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 168 §§8900 - 8906, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A426, S1359
2019-2020: A5557
2021-2022: A7011

2015-A6799 - Summary

Requires state licensure of persons in the practice of orthopaedic technology; specifies certain requirements including examination, experience, age and character.

2015-A6799 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6799

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  state  licensure  of
  orthopaedic technicians

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 168 to
read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 168
                         ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNICIANS
SECTION 8900. INTRODUCTION.
        8901. DEFINITION OF THE PRACTICE OF ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGY.
        8902. USE OF THE TITLE "ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNICIAN".
        8903. REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE.
        8904. LIMITED PERMITS.
        8905. EXEMPTIONS.
        8906. STATE BOARD.
  S 8900. INTRODUCTION. THIS ARTICLE APPLIES TO THE PROFESSION OF ORTHO-
PAEDIC TECHNOLOGY AND TO THE USE OF THE TITLE "ORTHOPAEDIC  TECHNICIAN".
THE  GENERAL  PROVISIONS  FOR  ALL  PROFESSIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE ONE
HUNDRED THIRTY OF THIS TITLE SHALL APPLY TO THIS ARTICLE.
  S 8901. DEFINITION OF THE  PRACTICE  OF  ORTHOPAEDIC  TECHNOLOGY.  THE
PRACTICE  OF  ORTHOPAEDIC  TECHNOLOGY BY AN ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNICIAN SHALL
MEAN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FOLLOWING MEDICAL SERVICES UNDER THE  SUPER-
VISION OF A PHYSICIAN OR SURGEON INVOLVED IN THE MUSCULOSKELETAL CARE OF
PATIENTS:
  1. PATIENT ASSESSMENT FOR PURPOSES OF ORTHOPAEDIC PROCEDURES;
  2. APPLYING AND REMOVING CASTS;
  3. MEASURING AND FITTING PATIENTS FOR ORTHOPAEDIC BRACES, DEVICES, AND
AMBULATORY AIDS;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06508-01-5

A. 6799                             2

  4. ASSISTING IN THE APPLICATION, MAINTENANCE, AND ADJUSTMENT OF SKELE-
TAL TRACTION;
  5. FABRICATING AND APPLYING SPLINTS AND BANDAGES;
  6.  REMOVING  SUTURES,  STAPLES,AND PINS RELATED TO ORTHOPAEDIC PROCE-
DURES;
  7. INSTRUCTING PATIENTS IN THE CARE  OF  CASTS,  SPLINTS,  BRACES,  OR
ORTHOPAEDIC DEVICES AND RELATED SKIN CARE; AND
  8.  ASSISTING  A  PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON IN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PROCE-
DURES.
  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, "SUPERVISION" SHALL MEAN A  LICENSED
PHYSICIAN  OR SURGEON'S OVERSIGHT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF, AND RESPONSIBIL-
ITY FOR, THE MEDICAL SERVICES RENDERED BY AN ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNICIAN.
  S 8902. USE OF THE TITLE "ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNICIAN".  NO  PERSON,  OTHER
THAN  ONE WHO IS CURRENTLY CERTIFIED AS AN ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNICIAN, SHALL
PRACTICE AS AN ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNICIAN OR IN A SIMILAR CAPACITY  OR  HOLD
HIMSELF  OR HERSELF OUT AS AN "ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNICIAN," OR SHALL USE ANY
OTHER TERM INDICATING OR IMPLYING THAT HE OR SHE IS AN ORTHOPAEDIC TECH-
NICIAN.
  S 8903.  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  PROFESSIONAL  LICENSURE.  TO  QUALIFY  FOR
CERTIFICATION  AS A CERTIFIED ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNICIAN, AN APPLICANT SHALL
FULFILL THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
  1. APPLICATION: FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT;
  2. EDUCATION: HAVE RECEIVED AN EDUCATION, INCLUDING  A  BACHELOR'S  OR
HIGHER  DEGREE FROM A PROGRAM REGISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR DETERMINED
BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BE THE SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENT THEREOF,  IN  ACCORD-
ANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS;
  3. EXPERIENCE: HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THE PRACTICE OF ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOL-
OGY  SATISFACTORY TO THE BOARD AND THE DEPARTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS;
  4. EXAMINATION: PASS AN EXAMINATION ACCEPTABLE TO THE  BOARD  AND  THE
DEPARTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS;
  5. AGE: BE AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE;
  6.  CHARACTER: BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPART-
MENT; AND
  7. FEE: PAY A FEE OF ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR  AN  INITIAL
LICENSE AND A FEE OF EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION
PERIOD.
  S  8904.  LIMITED PERMITS. PERMITS LIMITED AS TO ELIGIBILITY, PRACTICE
AND DURATION SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO  ELIGIBLE  APPLICANTS,
AS FOLLOWS:
  1.  ELIGIBILITY. THE FOLLOWING PERSONS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A LIMITED
PERMIT:
  (A) A PERSON WHO FULFILLS ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR A LICENSE AS A  PROFES-
SIONAL  ORTHOPAEDIC  TECHNICIAN  EXCEPT THOSE RELATING TO EXAMINATION OR
EXPERIENCE; OR
  (B) A STUDENT ENROLLED  IN  A  GRADUATE  OR  POST-GRADUATE  CURRICULUM
SUBSTANTIALLY  PERTAINING  TO  ORTHOPAEDIC  TECHNOLOGY AS DETERMINED AND
APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT;
  2. LIMIT OF PRACTICE. A PERMITTEE  SHALL  BE  AUTHORIZED  TO  PRACTICE
ORTHOPAEDIC  TECHNOLOGY  ONLY UNDER THE DIRECT AND IMMEDIATE SUPERVISION
OF A PROFESSIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNICIAN;
  3. DURATION. A LIMITED PERMIT SHALL BE VALID FOR TWO YEARS. IT MAY  BE
RENEWED BIENNIALLY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DEPARTMENT; AND
  4.  FEE. THE FEE FOR EACH LIMITED PERMIT AND FOR EACH RENEWAL SHALL BE
SIXTY DOLLARS.

A. 6799                             3

  S 8905. EXEMPTIONS. NOTHING IN THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  BE  CONSTRUED  TO
AFFECT,  PREVENT  OR  IN ANY MANNER EXPAND OR LIMIT THE AUTHORITY OF ANY
PERSON OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW OR REGULATION TO PRACTICE  ANY  FUNC-
TION OF AN ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNICIAN.
  S 8906. STATE BOARD. A STATE BOARD FOR ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGY SHALL BE
APPOINTED  BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS ON RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMISSIONER
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND THE DEPARTMENT  ON
MATTERS OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH  SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THIS TITLE. THE BOARD SHALL BE
COMPOSED OF AT LEAST THREE LICENSED ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNICIANS AND AT LEAST
THREE PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES WHO DO NOT HOLD INTERESTS IN THE  ORGANIZA-
TION, FINANCING, OR DELIVERY OF ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIES.  ADDITIONALLY,
THE  BOARD  SHALL  CONTAIN  ONE  PHYSICIAN  WHO SHALL BE A SPECIALIST IN
MUSCULOSKELETAL CARE. MEMBERS OF THE FIRST BOARD NEED  NOT  BE  LICENSED
PRIOR  TO  THEIR  APPOINTMENT  TO  THE  BOARD.  THE  TERMS  OF THE FIRST
APPOINTED MEMBERS SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE YEARS AND MAY BE RENEWED  FOR  A
PERIOD OF THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2015-A6799A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S6547
Current Committee:: Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 168 §§8900 - 8906, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A426, S1359
2019-2020: A5557
2021-2022: A7011

2015-A6799A - Summary

Requires state licensure of persons in the practice of orthopaedic technology; specifies certain requirements including examination, experience, age and character.

2015-A6799A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6799--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Higher Education -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to state licensure of
  orthopaedic technologists

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 168 to
read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 168
                        ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGISTS
SECTION 8900. INTRODUCTION.
        8901. DEFINITION OF THE PRACTICE OF ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGY.
        8902. USE OF THE TITLE "ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIST".
        8903. REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE.
        8904. LIMITED PERMITS.
        8905. EXEMPTIONS.
        8906. STATE BOARD.
  S 8900. INTRODUCTION. THIS ARTICLE APPLIES TO THE PROFESSION OF ORTHO-
PAEDIC  TECHNOLOGY  AND  TO  THE USE OF THE TITLE "ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLO-
GIST".  THE GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR ALL PROFESSIONS CONTAINED IN  ARTICLE
ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THIS TITLE SHALL APPLY TO THIS ARTICLE.
  S  8901.  DEFINITION  OF  THE  PRACTICE OF ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGY. THE
PRACTICE OF ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGY BY AN ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIST  SHALL
MEAN  THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FOLLOWING MEDICAL SERVICES UNDER THE SUPER-
VISION OF A PHYSICIAN OR SURGEON INVOLVED IN THE MUSCULOSKELETAL CARE OF
PATIENTS:
  1. PATIENT ASSESSMENT FOR PURPOSES OF ORTHOPAEDIC PROCEDURES;
  2. APPLYING AND REMOVING CASTS;
  3. MEASURING AND FITTING PATIENTS FOR ORTHOPAEDIC BRACES, DEVICES, AND
AMBULATORY AIDS;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06508-02-5

A. 6799--A                          2

  4. ASSISTING IN THE APPLICATION, MAINTENANCE, AND ADJUSTMENT OF SKELE-
TAL TRACTION;
  5. FABRICATING AND APPLYING SPLINTS AND BANDAGES;
  6.  REMOVING  SUTURES,  STAPLES,AND PINS RELATED TO ORTHOPAEDIC PROCE-
DURES;
  7. INSTRUCTING PATIENTS IN THE CARE  OF  CASTS,  SPLINTS,  BRACES,  OR
ORTHOPAEDIC DEVICES AND RELATED SKIN CARE; AND
  8.  ASSISTING  A  PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON IN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PROCE-
DURES.
  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, "SUPERVISION" SHALL MEAN A  LICENSED
PHYSICIAN  OR SURGEON'S OVERSIGHT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF, AND RESPONSIBIL-
ITY FOR, THE MEDICAL SERVICES RENDERED BY AN ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIST.
  S 8902. USE OF THE TITLE "ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIST".  NO PERSON, OTHER
THAN ONE WHO IS CURRENTLY  CERTIFIED  AS  AN  ORTHOPAEDIC  TECHNOLOGIST,
SHALL  PRACTICE AS AN ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNICIAN OR IN A SIMILAR CAPACITY OR
HOLD HIMSELF OR HERSELF OUT AS AN "ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIST,"  OR  SHALL
USE  ANY  OTHER  TERM INDICATING OR IMPLYING THAT HE OR SHE IS AN ORTHO-
PAEDIC TECHNOLOGIST.
  S 8903.  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  PROFESSIONAL  LICENSURE.  TO  QUALIFY  FOR
CERTIFICATION  AS  A  CERTIFIED  ORTHOPAEDIC  TECHNOLOGIST, AN APPLICANT
SHALL FULFILL THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
  1. APPLICATION: FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT;
  2. EXPERIENCE: HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THE PRACTICE OF ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOL-
OGY SATISFACTORY TO THE BOARD AND THE DEPARTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE
COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS;
  3. EXAMINATION: PASS NATIONAL BOARD FOR CERTIFIED ORTHOPEDIC TECHNOLO-
GISTS,  INC.   EXAMINATION ACCEPTABLE TO THE BOARD AND THE DEPARTMENT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS;
  4. AGE: BE AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE;
  5. CHARACTER: BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AS DETERMINED BY THE  DEPART-
MENT; AND
  6.  FEE:  PAY A FEE OF ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR AN INITIAL
LICENSE AND A FEE OF EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION
PERIOD.
  S 8904. LIMITED PERMITS. PERMITS LIMITED AS TO  ELIGIBILITY,  PRACTICE
AND  DURATION  SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS,
AS FOLLOWS:
  1. ELIGIBILITY. THE FOLLOWING PERSONS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A  LIMITED
PERMIT:
  (A)  A PERSON WHO FULFILLS ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR A LICENSE AS A PROFES-
SIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIST EXCEPT THOSE RELATING TO EXAMINATION  OR
EXPERIENCE; OR
  (B)  A  STUDENT  ENROLLED  IN  A  GRADUATE OR POST-GRADUATE CURRICULUM
SUBSTANTIALLY PERTAINING TO ORTHOPAEDIC  TECHNOLOGY  AS  DETERMINED  AND
APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT;
  2.  LIMIT  OF  PRACTICE.  A  PERMITTEE SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE
ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGY ONLY UNDER THE DIRECT AND  IMMEDIATE  SUPERVISION
OF A PROFESSIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIST;
  3.  DURATION. A LIMITED PERMIT SHALL BE VALID FOR TWO YEARS. IT MAY BE
RENEWED BIENNIALLY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DEPARTMENT; AND
  4. FEE. THE FEE FOR EACH LIMITED PERMIT AND FOR EACH RENEWAL SHALL  BE
SIXTY DOLLARS.
  S  8905.  EXEMPTIONS.  NOTHING  IN  THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO
AFFECT, PREVENT OR IN ANY MANNER EXPAND OR LIMIT THE  AUTHORITY  OF  ANY
PERSON  OTHERWISE  AUTHORIZED BY LAW OR REGULATION TO PRACTICE ANY FUNC-
TION OF AN ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIST.

A. 6799--A                          3

  S 8906. STATE BOARD. A STATE BOARD FOR ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGY SHALL BE
APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS ON RECOMMENDATION OF THE  COMMISSIONER
FOR  THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND THE DEPARTMENT ON
MATTERS OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH  SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THIS TITLE. THE BOARD SHALL BE
COMPOSED OF AT LEAST THREE LICENSED  ORTHOPAEDIC  TECHNOLOGISTS  AND  AT
LEAST  THREE  PUBLIC  REPRESENTATIVES  WHO  DO NOT HOLD INTERESTS IN THE
ORGANIZATION, FINANCING, OR DELIVERY OF ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIES.  ADDI-
TIONALLY, THE BOARD SHALL CONTAIN ONE PHYSICIAN WHO SHALL BE A  SPECIAL-
IST  IN  MUSCULOSKELETAL  CARE.  MEMBERS  OF THE FIRST BOARD NEED NOT BE
LICENSED PRIOR TO THEIR APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD. THE TERMS OF THE FIRST
APPOINTED MEMBERS SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE YEARS AND MAY BE RENEWED  FOR  A
PERIOD OF THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2015-A6799B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S6547
Current Committee:: Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 168 §§8900 - 8906, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A426, S1359
2019-2020: A5557
2021-2022: A7011

2015-A6799B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires state licensure of persons in the practice of orthopaedic technology; specifies certain requirements including examination, experience, age and character.

2015-A6799B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6799--B

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, LAWRENCE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  CROUCH  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
  and  recommitted  to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on
  Higher Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit-
  tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
  mitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to state licensure of
  orthopaedic technologists

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 168 to
read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 168
                        ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGISTS
SECTION 8900. INTRODUCTION.
        8901. DEFINITION OF THE PRACTICE OF ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGY.
        8902. USE OF THE TITLE "ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIST".
        8903. REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE.
        8904. LIMITED PERMITS.
        8905. EXEMPTIONS.
        8906. STATE BOARD.
  S 8900. INTRODUCTION. THIS ARTICLE APPLIES TO THE PROFESSION OF ORTHO-
PAEDIC  TECHNOLOGY  AND  TO  THE USE OF THE TITLE "ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLO-
GIST".  THE GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR ALL PROFESSIONS CONTAINED IN  ARTICLE
ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THIS TITLE SHALL APPLY TO THIS ARTICLE.
  S  8901.  DEFINITION  OF  THE  PRACTICE OF ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGY. THE
PRACTICE OF ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGY BY AN ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIST  SHALL
MEAN  THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FOLLOWING MEDICAL SERVICES UNDER THE SUPER-
VISION OF A PHYSICIAN OR SURGEON INVOLVED IN THE MUSCULOSKELETAL CARE OF
PATIENTS:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06508-05-5

A. 6799--B                          2

  1. PATIENT ASSESSMENT FOR PURPOSES OF ORTHOPAEDIC PROCEDURES;
  2. APPLYING AND REMOVING CASTS;
  3. MEASURING AND FITTING PATIENTS FOR ORTHOPAEDIC BRACES, DEVICES, AND
AMBULATORY AIDS;
  4. ASSISTING IN THE APPLICATION, MAINTENANCE, AND ADJUSTMENT OF SKELE-
TAL TRACTION;
  5. FABRICATING AND APPLYING SPLINTS AND BANDAGES;
  6.  REMOVING  SUTURES, STAPLES, AND PINS RELATED TO ORTHOPAEDIC PROCE-
DURES;
  7. INSTRUCTING PATIENTS IN THE CARE  OF  CASTS,  SPLINTS,  BRACES,  OR
ORTHOPAEDIC DEVICES AND RELATED SKIN CARE; AND
  8.  ASSISTING  A  PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON IN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PROCE-
DURES.
  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, "SUPERVISION" SHALL MEAN A  LICENSED
PHYSICIAN  OR SURGEON'S OVERSIGHT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF, AND RESPONSIBIL-
ITY FOR, THE MEDICAL SERVICES RENDERED BY AN ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIST.
  S 8902. USE OF THE TITLE "ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIST".  NO PERSON, OTHER
THAN ONE WHO IS CURRENTLY  CERTIFIED  AS  AN  ORTHOPAEDIC  TECHNOLOGIST,
SHALL  PRACTICE AS AN ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNICIAN OR IN A SIMILAR CAPACITY OR
HOLD HIMSELF OR HERSELF OUT AS AN "ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIST,"  OR  SHALL
USE  ANY  OTHER  TERM INDICATING OR IMPLYING THAT HE OR SHE IS AN ORTHO-
PAEDIC TECHNOLOGIST.
  S 8903.  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  PROFESSIONAL  LICENSURE.  TO  QUALIFY  FOR
CERTIFICATION  AS  A  CERTIFIED  ORTHOPAEDIC  TECHNOLOGIST, AN APPLICANT
SHALL FULFILL THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
  1. APPLICATION: FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT;
  2. EXPERIENCE: HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THE PRACTICE OF ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOL-
OGY SATISFACTORY TO THE BOARD AND THE DEPARTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE
COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS;
  3. EXAMINATION: PASS A NATIONAL BOARD FOR CERTIFICATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC
TECHNOLOGISTS, INC.  EXAMINATION ACCEPTABLE TO THE BOARD AND THE DEPART-
MENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS;
  4. AGE: BE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE;
  5.  CHARACTER: BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPART-
MENT; AND
  6. FEE: PAY A FEE OF ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR  AN  INITIAL
LICENSE AND A FEE OF EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION
PERIOD.
  S  8904.  LIMITED PERMITS. PERMITS LIMITED AS TO ELIGIBILITY, PRACTICE
AND DURATION SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO  ELIGIBLE  APPLICANTS,
AS FOLLOWS:
  1.  ELIGIBILITY.  A PERSON WHO FULFILLS ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR A LICENSE
AS A PROFESSIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC  TECHNOLOGIST  EXCEPT  THOSE  RELATING  TO
EXAMINATION OR EXPERIENCE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A LIMITED PERMIT;
  2.  LIMIT  OF  PRACTICE.  A  PERMITTEE SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE
ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGY ONLY UNDER THE DIRECT AND  IMMEDIATE  SUPERVISION
OF  A  LICENSED  OR  CERTIFIED  ORTHOPAEDIC  TECHNOLOGIST  OR ORTHOPEDIC
SURGEON;
  3. DURATION. A LIMITED PERMIT SHALL BE VALID FOR TWO YEARS. IT MAY  BE
RENEWED BIENNIALLY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DEPARTMENT; AND
  4.  FEE. THE FEE FOR EACH LIMITED PERMIT AND FOR EACH RENEWAL SHALL BE
SIXTY DOLLARS.
  S 8905. EXEMPTIONS. NOTHING IN THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  BE  CONSTRUED  TO
AFFECT,  PREVENT  OR  IN ANY MANNER EXPAND OR LIMIT THE AUTHORITY OF ANY
PERSON OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW OR REGULATION TO PRACTICE  ANY  FUNC-
TION OF AN ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIST.

A. 6799--B                          3

  S 8906. STATE BOARD. A STATE BOARD FOR ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGY SHALL BE
APPOINTED  BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS ON RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMISSIONER
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND THE DEPARTMENT  ON
MATTERS OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH  SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THIS TITLE. THE BOARD SHALL BE
COMPOSED OF AT LEAST THREE LICENSED  ORTHOPAEDIC  TECHNOLOGISTS  AND  AT
LEAST  THREE  PUBLIC  REPRESENTATIVES  WHO  DO NOT HOLD INTERESTS IN THE
ORGANIZATION, FINANCING, OR DELIVERY OF ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIES.  ADDI-
TIONALLY, THE BOARD SHALL CONTAIN NO LESS THAN TWO ORTHOPEDIC  SURGEONS.
MEMBERS  OF THE FIRST BOARD NEED NOT BE LICENSED PRIOR TO THEIR APPOINT-
MENT TO THE BOARD. THE TERMS OF THE FIRST APPOINTED  MEMBERS  SHALL  NOT
EXCEED  FIVE  YEARS  AND MAY BE RENEWED FOR A PERIOD OF THREE ADDITIONAL
YEARS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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Assembly Bill A6799B

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Assembly Bill A6799B

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Bill Amendments

2015-A6799 - Details

2015-A6799 - Summary

2015-A6799 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Peter Lawrence

multi-Sponsors

Clifford Crouch

2015-A6799A - Details

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2015-A6799A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Peter Lawrence

multi-Sponsors

Clifford Crouch

2015-A6799B (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-A6799B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-A6799B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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