ABC/BOC/Ohio LICENSURE
Douglas Barlay BOCP
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ABC/BOC/Ohio LICENSURE
Creator:
Douglas Barlay BOCP
Text:
Ohio has set standards in place that are currently equal to the ABC
standards. You must have a Bachelors specific to the O&P field, an approved residency
and you must take the ABC written and clinical simulation exams to obtain the
license. If your Bachelors is not specific to the field, you must have a two
year supporting degree in a medical related field, 3800 hrs documented work in
the field. If you are currently certified by the ABC you can obtain the license
provided you have met all the educational requirements, If you are BOC
certified, you must have the Bachelors specific to the field and or the supporting
two year degree plus the 3800 hrs in field in leu of a residency. To keep your
license you must be in good standing with your respective certifying body. An
ABC certified individual who achieved certification prior to the Bachelors
requirement of the ABC CANNOT obtain an Ohio license until the Bachelors
requirement has been met. No BOC certified individual can obtain a license without two
degree's. Of course grandfathering allowed every two year degree BOC
certificant a license as well, as every ABC certificant w/an Associates and post grad
certification. The down side is that in order for the Bill to become a Law,
the state board had to extend to Physical Therapists the scope of OandP practice
lock stock and barrel with one provision, that is with proper training.
There is no definition of that proper training. In addition, by 2008, the entry
level degree will be a Masters to become licensed.
Regardless of your certifying body, the state standards have been set.
The pathways are spelled out, no matter how high you or I held the ideals of
becoming an ABC practitioner, if you reside in a Licensed State, those are the
choices you have to make. For me, the ABC was the goal, Licensure forced me to
wake up and follow the law. I have paid my fees to take the first to tests by
the ABC and it is doubtful that I will buy the ABC certificate. Something
given is not as valued as something earned. I worked hard for my two degree's,
dragged my wife and kids through eight years of schooling both in state and out.
My own children do not cry as much as I have read on this board. To the ABC
practitioners who feel slighted by the ABC, your issue is with the ABC, and your
sacrifices are a testament to how far you were willing to go for what you
held as the highest goal. In light of what has happened recently, at least you
made it to that goal. The rest of us will most likely not be able to realize
that dream. As I look at the $45,000 I have spent chasing this dream I have come
to realize that lamenting is a waist of time, there is only today and
tomorrow. What can we a profession do to instill respect in each other and from the
public?
D.M.Barlay BOCP, Board Eligible
standards. You must have a Bachelors specific to the O&P field, an approved residency
and you must take the ABC written and clinical simulation exams to obtain the
license. If your Bachelors is not specific to the field, you must have a two
year supporting degree in a medical related field, 3800 hrs documented work in
the field. If you are currently certified by the ABC you can obtain the license
provided you have met all the educational requirements, If you are BOC
certified, you must have the Bachelors specific to the field and or the supporting
two year degree plus the 3800 hrs in field in leu of a residency. To keep your
license you must be in good standing with your respective certifying body. An
ABC certified individual who achieved certification prior to the Bachelors
requirement of the ABC CANNOT obtain an Ohio license until the Bachelors
requirement has been met. No BOC certified individual can obtain a license without two
degree's. Of course grandfathering allowed every two year degree BOC
certificant a license as well, as every ABC certificant w/an Associates and post grad
certification. The down side is that in order for the Bill to become a Law,
the state board had to extend to Physical Therapists the scope of OandP practice
lock stock and barrel with one provision, that is with proper training.
There is no definition of that proper training. In addition, by 2008, the entry
level degree will be a Masters to become licensed.
Regardless of your certifying body, the state standards have been set.
The pathways are spelled out, no matter how high you or I held the ideals of
becoming an ABC practitioner, if you reside in a Licensed State, those are the
choices you have to make. For me, the ABC was the goal, Licensure forced me to
wake up and follow the law. I have paid my fees to take the first to tests by
the ABC and it is doubtful that I will buy the ABC certificate. Something
given is not as valued as something earned. I worked hard for my two degree's,
dragged my wife and kids through eight years of schooling both in state and out.
My own children do not cry as much as I have read on this board. To the ABC
practitioners who feel slighted by the ABC, your issue is with the ABC, and your
sacrifices are a testament to how far you were willing to go for what you
held as the highest goal. In light of what has happened recently, at least you
made it to that goal. The rest of us will most likely not be able to realize
that dream. As I look at the $45,000 I have spent chasing this dream I have come
to realize that lamenting is a waist of time, there is only today and
tomorrow. What can we a profession do to instill respect in each other and from the
public?
D.M.Barlay BOCP, Board Eligible
Citation
Douglas Barlay BOCP, “ABC/BOC/Ohio LICENSURE,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 26, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/222600.
