The Ohio occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board shall approve a residency program in orthotics, prosthetics, or orthotics and prosthetics if the program does all of the following:
- (A) Requires a bachelor's degree as a condition of entry;
(B) Does one of the following:
- (1) In the case of a residency program in orthotics, provides two semesters or three quarters of instruction in orthotics;
- (2) In the case of a residency program in prosthetics, provides two semesters or three quarters of instruction in prosthetics;
- (3) In the case of a residency program in orthotics and prosthetics, provides two semesters or three quarters of instruction in orthotics and two semesters or three quarters of instruction in prosthetics.
- (C) Meets the requirements in divisions (K) and (L) of section 4779.25 of the Revised Code;
- (D) Provides residents with a sufficient variety and volume of clinical experiences to give them adequate educational experience in the acute, rehabilitative, and chronic aspects of orthotics and prosthetics, including recommendation, measurement, impression-taking, model rectification, fabrication, fitting, and evaluating patients in the use and function of orthotics and prosthetics;
- (E) Provides residents with sufficient training in clinical assessment, patient management, technical implementation, practice management, and professional responsibility.