Joyce and All,
In Illinois, the O, P, & Ped Practice Act requires that custom orthoses
be provided by Licensed Orthotists or non licensed individuals under the
supervision of Licensed Orthotists. Billing for them when they are
provided in the State of Illinois by a non licensed individual (or
company), whether they reside in IL or not, is a violation of the Act
and and the Admin. Rules. If you know of such cases they need to be
reported to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation. The web site for reporting is
To get to the law and rules start with the IDFPR web site <
www.idfpr.com/dpr/WHO/orthot.asp> and follow the links. Supervision is
in Section 1325.40 and Classification of Devices is in Section 1325.45
in the Rules.
To answer Joyce’s second question, if violations are not reported then
the State can take no action. The Department will take action but they
do not have the staff to actively go out and look for violations. They
need a complaint filed first.
Hope this helps you.
Terry Supan, CPO, FAAOP, FISPO
Vice Chair, IL O, P, Ped Licensure Board.
>…My question to the group – WILL LICENSURE HELP THIS??? For those of you in
>states that have licensure – has it helped you and HOW has it helped?? …
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