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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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OCCUPATIONS CODE |
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Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS |
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Subtitle K. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO USE OF CERTAIN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT |
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Chapter 605. ORTHOTISTS AND PROSTHETISTS |
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Subchapter F. LICENSE, REGISTRATION, AND ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS |
Sec. 605.258. STUDENT REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE
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(a) The board 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 holds either:
(1) a bachelor's degree in orthotics and prosthetics from:
(A) 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
(B) 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
(2) a bachelor's degree in another subject and an orthotic or prosthetic certificate issued by a practitioner education program:
(A) recognized and accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; or
(B) that has education standards that are equivalent to or exceed the standards adopted by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.
(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.