US politics, O&P Licensure
Morris Gallo
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Title:
US politics, O&P Licensure
Creator:
Morris Gallo
Date:
5/8/2008
Text:
For background, I live in Florida and have no dog in this fight. BUT, I
am very interested in how licensure is carried out and its possible
effects on the state's practitioners.
I just finished reading Pennsylvania's proposed O&P license bill,
HB2015. I was appalled by what is trying to pass for license law. The
idea behind licensing of O&P practitioners was to have standards of
education and training established by state law, insuring patients in
the state are treated by practitioners having a minimum level of
competency. This minimum level of competency is demonstrated by
completion of a defined level of education, specialized training,
supervised work experience, and passing a test that measures the
practitioner's understanding of the required materials. None of these
are requirements for license in PA. In effect, just about anybody could
get a PA license, they only have to meet some non-defined third-party
requirements and make sure their application check clears. On top of
this the bill sets no limit to what can be charged for a license or
application, giving the proposed Board free reign over the state's
practitioners checkbooks. As read, this bill amounts to a possibly very
expensive certificate to hang on your wall, without providing the
patients of PA any assurance of competency. Just more of the same
Bull*#@*. Why waste your time and money? If I were a practitioner in
PA I would vehemently oppose the bill.
Morris Gallo, LPO
am very interested in how licensure is carried out and its possible
effects on the state's practitioners.
I just finished reading Pennsylvania's proposed O&P license bill,
HB2015. I was appalled by what is trying to pass for license law. The
idea behind licensing of O&P practitioners was to have standards of
education and training established by state law, insuring patients in
the state are treated by practitioners having a minimum level of
competency. This minimum level of competency is demonstrated by
completion of a defined level of education, specialized training,
supervised work experience, and passing a test that measures the
practitioner's understanding of the required materials. None of these
are requirements for license in PA. In effect, just about anybody could
get a PA license, they only have to meet some non-defined third-party
requirements and make sure their application check clears. On top of
this the bill sets no limit to what can be charged for a license or
application, giving the proposed Board free reign over the state's
practitioners checkbooks. As read, this bill amounts to a possibly very
expensive certificate to hang on your wall, without providing the
patients of PA any assurance of competency. Just more of the same
Bull*#@*. Why waste your time and money? If I were a practitioner in
PA I would vehemently oppose the bill.
Morris Gallo, LPO
Citation
Morris Gallo, “US politics, O&P Licensure,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/229355.
