ACA ACTION ALERT
Leslie Duncan
Description
Collection
Title:
ACA ACTION ALERT
Creator:
Leslie Duncan
Date:
4/21/2003
Text:
ACA ACTION ALERT:
The following Web page link includes articles that represent three views
on the current issue confronting the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee,
namely, are Physical and Occupational Therapists qualified to provide
Prosthetic and Orthotic Services (this would include fitting and
fabricating prostheses) as they assert, or should this service only be
provided by individuals who have had extensive training in P&O?
<URL Redacted>
If you are someone who depends on the comfort and function of custom fit
orthoses and/or prostheses to enable you to perform activities of daily
living and work in the home, at your job, at school etc., then you are
someone who depends on the knowledge and skill of your
Prosthetist/Orthotist. If you want to prevent individuals who have not
received adequate education or training in the fitting and fabrication
of prostheses and certain custom fit orthoses, then you must send
letters to Commissioners Sylvester and Lobel and to Dr Hill expressing
your extreme concern before the next Negotiated Rulemaking meeting on
May 19, 2003.
Leslie Duncan, MIS
Manager, Information Services
Amputee Coalition of America
900 East Hill Ave., Suite 285
Knoxville, TN 37915-2568
888-267-5669
Fax 865-525-7917
<Email Address Redacted>
www.amputee-coalition.org
The following Web page link includes articles that represent three views
on the current issue confronting the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee,
namely, are Physical and Occupational Therapists qualified to provide
Prosthetic and Orthotic Services (this would include fitting and
fabricating prostheses) as they assert, or should this service only be
provided by individuals who have had extensive training in P&O?
<URL Redacted>
If you are someone who depends on the comfort and function of custom fit
orthoses and/or prostheses to enable you to perform activities of daily
living and work in the home, at your job, at school etc., then you are
someone who depends on the knowledge and skill of your
Prosthetist/Orthotist. If you want to prevent individuals who have not
received adequate education or training in the fitting and fabrication
of prostheses and certain custom fit orthoses, then you must send
letters to Commissioners Sylvester and Lobel and to Dr Hill expressing
your extreme concern before the next Negotiated Rulemaking meeting on
May 19, 2003.
Leslie Duncan, MIS
Manager, Information Services
Amputee Coalition of America
900 East Hill Ave., Suite 285
Knoxville, TN 37915-2568
888-267-5669
Fax 865-525-7917
<Email Address Redacted>
www.amputee-coalition.org
Citation
Leslie Duncan, “ACA ACTION ALERT,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/220921.
