Fw: Current List of Volunteers and Supporters for ACA Advocacy Workshop
Tony Barr
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Collection
Title:
Fw: Current List of Volunteers and Supporters for ACA Advocacy Workshop
Creator:
Tony Barr
Date:
12/11/2001
Text:
> Thank you Terry. I will include you as a supporter of scheduling a ACA
> Advocacy Workshop and pass your comments on to the list serves in order to
> hopefully encourage more support from your colleagues and consumers alike.
> Tony
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> Dear Tony,
> Although I have a family commitment which will prevent me from
> participating in the proposed ACA workshop,
> I wholeheartedly endorse a stronger advocacythe ACA in the area
> of licensure and other regulation of prosthetists andorthotists.
>
> Consumer testimony was paramount in the passage of the Illinois Orthotic,
> Prosthetic, and Pedorthic Practice Act in 1999. (Which will be enforced
> this upcoming January) As you well know, practice acts which are based on
> established undergraduate and clinical educational standards,
> comprehensiveexaminations, and continuing education have been the
> hallmarks of medical andother heath care providers for years.
>
> It still amazes me that the ACA and its consumers members have not
flat-out
> demanded the same of their prosthetists and orthotists.
>
> I wish you well with the workshop and hope to be more involved in future
> programs. And again, thank you for your tireless support of quality care
> for amputees around the world.
>
> Terry Supan, CPO, LPO, FAAOP
> Member, Illinois O, P, & P Licensure Board
> Chair, ABC Licensure Committee
>
>
>
> Advocacy Workshop and pass your comments on to the list serves in order to
> hopefully encourage more support from your colleagues and consumers alike.
> Tony
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> Dear Tony,
> Although I have a family commitment which will prevent me from
> participating in the proposed ACA workshop,
> I wholeheartedly endorse a stronger advocacythe ACA in the area
> of licensure and other regulation of prosthetists andorthotists.
>
> Consumer testimony was paramount in the passage of the Illinois Orthotic,
> Prosthetic, and Pedorthic Practice Act in 1999. (Which will be enforced
> this upcoming January) As you well know, practice acts which are based on
> established undergraduate and clinical educational standards,
> comprehensiveexaminations, and continuing education have been the
> hallmarks of medical andother heath care providers for years.
>
> It still amazes me that the ACA and its consumers members have not
flat-out
> demanded the same of their prosthetists and orthotists.
>
> I wish you well with the workshop and hope to be more involved in future
> programs. And again, thank you for your tireless support of quality care
> for amputees around the world.
>
> Terry Supan, CPO, LPO, FAAOP
> Member, Illinois O, P, & P Licensure Board
> Chair, ABC Licensure Committee
>
>
>
Citation
Tony Barr, “Fw: Current List of Volunteers and Supporters for ACA Advocacy Workshop,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 26, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/217707.
