4755-64-02. Proper use of credentials  


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  • (A) A license holder must not misrepresent any professional qualifications or credentials or provide any information that is false, deceptive or misleading in connection with his/ her own application for employment or work as an orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics practitioner.

    (B) A license holder must not delegate the use of his/her name or signature on documentation for services unless he/she actually provided these services and has given permission to another person for such documentation, or unless he/she appropriately supervised those services.

    (C) A license holder must not use any title, initials or acronym indicating ownership or possession of an advanced educational credential or degree unless such educational credential or degree was earned through the auspices of an institution recognized by an appropriate national or regional accrediting agency.

Replaces: 4779-10-02


Effective: 10/1/2020
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 10/01/2023
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4779.08
Rule Amplifies: 4779.09, 4779.28
Prior Effective Dates: 08/09/2002, 11/01/2008