Five of the major national organizations representing the
clinical, business, and quality-improvement aspects of the O&P
profession announced an agreement regarding the minimum education
and training requirements that providers and suppliers of custom
orthotic and prosthetic devices must satisfy in order to provide
custom O&P care. This agreement, signed by the leadership of
the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (the Academy),
the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics
& Pedorthics (ABC), the American Orthotic and Prosthetic
Association (AOPA), the Board for Certification/Accreditation,
International (BOC), and the National Association for the
Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP), delineates, for
the first time, a consensus position in the profession regarding
the minimum education and training that O&P professionals must
have to demonstrate competency.
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