Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
Act 445 of the Regular Session
1 State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S2/9/21 S3/4/21
2 93rd General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2021 SENATE BILL 22
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5 By: Senator Irvin
6 By: Representative L. Johnson
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO MODIFY THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR
10 CERTIFICATION TO PRACTICE AS AN ORTHOTIC ASSISTANT,
11 ORTHOTIC/PROSTHETIC ASSISTANT, OR PROSTHETIC
12 ASSISTANT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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16 TO MODIFY THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR
17 CERTIFICATION TO PRACTICE AS AN ORTHOTIC
18 ASSISTANT, ORTHOTIC/PROSTHETIC
19 ASSISTANT, OR PROSTHETIC ASSISTANT.
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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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24 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code 17-107-304 is amended to read as follows:
25 17-107-304. Orthotic assistants, orthotic/prosthetic assistants, and
26 prosthetic assistants.
27 An applicant for certification to practice as an orthotic assistant, an
28 orthotic/prosthetic assistant, or a prosthetic assistant shall submit to the
29 Arkansas Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Advisory Board written
30 evidence verified by oath that the applicant either:
31 (1) Meets the following requirements:
32 (A) Possesses a high school diploma or comparable
33 credential approved by the board;
34 (2)(B) Has a minimum of:
35 (i) Three three (3) years of experience in the field
36 in which the individual is seeking licensure as an assistant; or
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1 (ii) Two (2) years of experience in the field in
2 which the individual is seeking licensure as an assistant and has a minimum
3 of three (3) semester hours of higher education in the subjects of human
4 anatomy and physiology and medical terminology; and
5 (3)(C) Has written documentation from a prosthetist or an
6 orthotist that the applicant is qualified to perform as an assistant in the
7 field in which the individual is seeking licensure as an assistant; or
8 (2)(A) Has graduated from a master's level orthotic,
9 prosthetic, or orthotic/prosthetic educational program approved by the
10 National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education and is in a
11 residency program.
12 (B) An orthotic assistant, an orthotic/prosthetic
13 assistant, or a prosthetic assistant certified under subdivision (2)(A) of
14 this section shall maintain certification until he or she completes the
15 residency program.
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