Orthotist VS Orthotech in FLA
Jacob Nudelman
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Title:
Orthotist VS Orthotech in FLA
Creator:
Jacob Nudelman
Date:
7/24/2001
Text:
Is Jan right?
Under the definition of an orthosis in the Florida O&P Statutes that I read
on the Internet on the state O&P website, is a cast (plaster or fiberglass)
considered an orthosis. It sure sounds that way to me.
An orthosis is a devise that protects & immobilizes an injured or diseased
limb or joint.
If you have to be licensed to apply an orthosis and you have to be a
licensed orthotist to do anything with a fracture in Florida, then all
Orthotechs in Florida should be unemployed. Unless Jan is wrong.
Or, can an orthotech apply an initial fracture cast but 4-6 weeks later he
is not allowed to apply an off the shelf fracture brace to the same patient.
Or even a cast walker? I guess that velcro is very dangerous.
Can a LPN or CNA apply a fracture splint or even a wrist support to a
fracture in the Emergency Room under the Docs orders? Don't tell me this
doesn't happen 1000 times a day in Florida.
I guess when they passed this Law in Florida nobody told the state
legislature about orthotechs. Certainly not the orthotists. Maybe thats why
they put in the any other qualified individual language in the exemption
page. I think orthotechs fall under that catagory. If they didn't, they
would all be unemployed in Florida. Has this ever been tested in court?
Jacob
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Under the definition of an orthosis in the Florida O&P Statutes that I read
on the Internet on the state O&P website, is a cast (plaster or fiberglass)
considered an orthosis. It sure sounds that way to me.
An orthosis is a devise that protects & immobilizes an injured or diseased
limb or joint.
If you have to be licensed to apply an orthosis and you have to be a
licensed orthotist to do anything with a fracture in Florida, then all
Orthotechs in Florida should be unemployed. Unless Jan is wrong.
Or, can an orthotech apply an initial fracture cast but 4-6 weeks later he
is not allowed to apply an off the shelf fracture brace to the same patient.
Or even a cast walker? I guess that velcro is very dangerous.
Can a LPN or CNA apply a fracture splint or even a wrist support to a
fracture in the Emergency Room under the Docs orders? Don't tell me this
doesn't happen 1000 times a day in Florida.
I guess when they passed this Law in Florida nobody told the state
legislature about orthotechs. Certainly not the orthotists. Maybe thats why
they put in the any other qualified individual language in the exemption
page. I think orthotechs fall under that catagory. If they didn't, they
would all be unemployed in Florida. Has this ever been tested in court?
Jacob
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Citation
Jacob Nudelman, “Orthotist VS Orthotech in FLA,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/216952.
