Re: New PT Legislation
Todd Griffin
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Re: New PT Legislation
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Todd Griffin
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Tony Barr wrote:
I personally would feel a whole lot better knowing my child was being
evaluated and treated by a O&P licensed professional for a brace or orthosis
for treatment of scoliosis, polio,or a prosthesis for an amputee than by
anyone who can hang out a O&P shingle. The insurance provider would feel a
alot more comfortable in providing coverage!
If physical therapists are worthy of regulation and the status of health
care professional than so should be O&P providers, unless they feel the
services they provide are not worthy of a professional license. Fortunately
most want to be regulated and patients deserve better protection than
caveat emptor.
Congratulations, Mr. Barr, you completely missed my point. I was saying
that you don't have to worry about the PT's hanging out an O&P shingle.
They are required, by law, to ONLY hang out a PT shingle!! If the state
board for PT's found out a therapist was fitting prosthetic limbs for
amputees they would probably lose their license, because it is not within
the true scope of their practice!
Obviously your sole focus here is licensure for O&P, and I am in total
agreement with you on that. Athletic trainers started that same battle
about 15-20 years ago, and there are still some states with no state
licensure. However, don't try to overstep your bounds in doing so by trying
to stake sole claim to some of the aspects of your profession that overlap
into the scope of practice of other health care professions!
Todd Griffin MS, ATC
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I personally would feel a whole lot better knowing my child was being
evaluated and treated by a O&P licensed professional for a brace or orthosis
for treatment of scoliosis, polio,or a prosthesis for an amputee than by
anyone who can hang out a O&P shingle. The insurance provider would feel a
alot more comfortable in providing coverage!
If physical therapists are worthy of regulation and the status of health
care professional than so should be O&P providers, unless they feel the
services they provide are not worthy of a professional license. Fortunately
most want to be regulated and patients deserve better protection than
caveat emptor.
Congratulations, Mr. Barr, you completely missed my point. I was saying
that you don't have to worry about the PT's hanging out an O&P shingle.
They are required, by law, to ONLY hang out a PT shingle!! If the state
board for PT's found out a therapist was fitting prosthetic limbs for
amputees they would probably lose their license, because it is not within
the true scope of their practice!
Obviously your sole focus here is licensure for O&P, and I am in total
agreement with you on that. Athletic trainers started that same battle
about 15-20 years ago, and there are still some states with no state
licensure. However, don't try to overstep your bounds in doing so by trying
to stake sole claim to some of the aspects of your profession that overlap
into the scope of practice of other health care professions!
Todd Griffin MS, ATC
______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at <URL Redacted>
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Todd Griffin, “Re: New PT Legislation,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/213875.
