Oklahoma § 59-2306 - Licensure and registration – Qualifications - Alternative

§ 59-2306. Licensure and registration – Qualifications - Alternative

qualification contracts - Licensure and registration without

examination.

A. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, with

the assistance of the Advisory Committee on Pedorthics, shall

establish qualifications for licensure and registration under the

Oklahoma Licensed Pedorthists Act. The Board shall also provide, as

set forth herein, an alternative qualification licensure opportunity

for current practitioners in this state and for practitioners coming

into this state prior to November 1, 2004, who are unable to meet

standard qualifications.

B. To be licensed to practice pedorthics according to standard

qualifications, a person shall have passed all examinations required

for certification by an entity approved by the Board as a

certification organization for licensure purposes. Once licensed, a

pedorthist shall meet continuing education and annual renewal

requirements to maintain pedorthic licensure. The licensed

pedorthist shall also adhere to a code of ethics adopted by the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

Board upon recommendation of the Committee. Absent another

professional certification or credential, a licensed pedorthist

shall not diagnose, prescribe, provide prognosis, perform invasive

procedures, or make, without a prescription, any custom or

customized shoe, device, or modification addressing a medical

condition.

C. To be licensed under alternative qualification a person

shall:

1. Pass an examination, which may be an available examination

designated by the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision

or an examination developed by the Board; or

2. Enter into an alternative qualification contract with the

State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, the conditions of

which shall be based on the Board's evaluation of the applicant's

experience and the Board's determination of further experience

needed or other requirements to be met, which contract shall specify

a period of time not to exceed ten (10) years for completion of the

further experience or requirements.

D. Upon execution of the alternative qualification contract,

the Board shall issue a license and shall renew the license subject

to the licensee’s making satisfactory progress as required by the

contract. Persons who satisfactorily complete the alternative

qualification contract shall be thereafter considered as having met

the qualification necessary for license renewal.

E. No person shall be permitted to enter into an alternative

qualification contract after October 31, 2004. A person who has not

done so by October 31, 2004, shall not be issued a license to

practice pedorthics without meeting standard qualifications.

F. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a

person who has practiced full time during the three-year period

immediately preceding the effective date of this act in a pedorthic

facility as a pedorthist, may file an application with the Board

within ninety (90) days from the effective date of this act for

permission to continue to practice at his or her identified level of

practice. The Board, after verifying the applicant’s work history

and receiving payment of the application fee as established pursuant

to this act, shall without examination of the applicant, issue the

applicant a license or certificate of registration. For making

investigations necessary to verify the work history, the Board may

require that the applicant complete a questionnaire regarding the

work history and scope of practice. The Board shall take no more

than six (6) months to make the investigations necessary to verify

the work history. Applicants applying after the ninety-day

application period of this subsection has expired, shall meet the

qualifications elsewhere set forth for standard or alternative

qualification for licensure or for registration as determined by the

Board.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

Added by Laws 2001, c. 190, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.

2008, c. 149, § 4, emerg. eff. May 12, 2008.

Amended by Laws