Oklahoma § 59-3007 - Prescription from licensed physician required - Penalties

§ 59-3007. Prescription from licensed physician required - Penalties

for practicing without license.

A. A licensed orthotist may only provide care or services

pursuant to a prescription from a licensed physician. A licensed

prosthetist may only provide care or services pursuant to a

prescription from a licensed physician.

B. Effective July 1, 2002, any person who holds himself or

herself out as an orthotist or prosthetist or uses the titles

Orthotist, Prosthetist, Orthotist/Prosthetist, or common variants of

those titles without holding an appropriate license issued by the

State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, or who, without

being registered by the Board, represents himself or herself to be a

prosthetic/orthotic technician, or prosthetist/orthotist assistant,

or who is in violation of any provision of the Orthotics and

Prosthetics Practice Act shall be subject to an administrative fine

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

for each day found to be in violation. The amount of any fine shall

be determined by the Board within limits set by the Board pursuant

to rules adopted and promulgated by the Board and may be in addition

to any other penalty provided by the Board or otherwise provided by

law.

Added by Laws 2001, c. 158, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.