4. There is created within the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety the Orthotics and Prosthetics Board of Examiners. The board shall be responsible for the licensure of orthotists and prosthetists and persons eligible to be licensed in both disciplines of prosthetics and orthotics as licensed prosthetist-orthotists and for the licensure of orthotist assistants, prosthetist assistants, and prosthetist-orthotist assistants.

L.1991,c.512,s.4; amended 1999, c.115, s.2.