Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 148F - Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics

• Board: means the board of hearing aid specialists. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Board: means the board of podiatry. See Iowa Code 148F.2
• Department: means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• License: means a license issued by the state under this chapter to a hearing aid specialist. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Orthosis: means a custom-fabricated or custom-fitted brace or support designed to provide for alignment, correction, or prevention of neuromuscular or musculoskeletal dysfunction, disease, injury, or deformity. See Iowa Code 148F.2
• Orthotic and prosthetic education program: means a course of instruction accredited by the commission on accreditation of allied health education programs, consisting of both of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 148F.2
• Orthotic and prosthetic scope of practice: means a list of tasks, with relative weight given to such factors as importance, criticality, and frequency, based on nationally accepted standards of orthotic and prosthetic care as outlined by the American board for certification in orthotics, prosthetics, and pedorthics, incorporated. See Iowa Code 148F.2
• Orthotics: means the science and practice of evaluating, measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting, or servicing an orthosis under an order from a licensed physician or podiatric physician for the correction or alleviation of neuromuscular or musculoskeletal dysfunction, disease, injury, or deformity. See Iowa Code 148F.2
• Orthotist: means a health care professional, specifically educated and trained in orthotic patient care, who measures, designs, fabricates, fits, or services orthoses and may assist in the formulation of the order and treatment plan of orthoses for the support or correction of disabilities caused by neuromusculoskeletal diseases, injuries, or deformities. See Iowa Code 148F.2
• Pedorthic device: means therapeutic shoes, such as diabetic shoes and inserts, shoe modifications made for therapeutic purposes, below-the-ankle partial foot prostheses, and foot orthoses for use at the ankle or below. See Iowa Code 148F.2
• Pedorthic education program: means an educational program approved by the national commission on orthotic and prosthetic education consisting of all of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 148F.2
• Pedorthics: means the science and practice of evaluating, measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting, or servicing a pedorthic device under an order from a licensed physician or podiatric physician for the correction or alleviation of neuromuscular or musculoskeletal dysfunction, disease, injury, or deformity. See Iowa Code 148F.2
• Pedorthist: means a health care professional, specifically educated and trained in pedorthic patient care, who measures, designs, fabricates, fits, or services pedorthic devices and may assist in the formulation of the order and treatment plan of pedorthic devices for the support or correction of disabilities caused by neuromusculoskeletal diseases, injuries, or deformities. See Iowa Code 148F.2
• Person: means a natural person. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Prosthesis: means an artificial medical device that is not surgically implanted and that is used to replace a missing limb, appendage, or any other external human body part including an artificial limb, hand, or foot. See Iowa Code 148F.2
• Prosthetics: means the science and practice of evaluating, measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting, or servicing a prosthesis under an order from a licensed physician. See Iowa Code 148F.2
• Prosthetist: means a health care professional, specifically educated and trained in prosthetic patient care, who measures, designs, fabricates, fits, or services prostheses and may assist in the formulation of the order and treatment plan of prostheses for the replacement of external parts of the human body lost due to amputation or congenital deformities or absences. See Iowa Code 148F.2
• Residency: means an approved supervised program of a minimum duration of one year to acquire practical clinical training in orthotics or prosthetics in a patient care setting. See Iowa Code 148F.2
• Resident: means a person who has completed an education program in either orthotics or prosthetics and is continuing the person's clinical education in a residency accredited by the national commission on orthotic and prosthetic education. See Iowa Code 148F.2
• State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
• United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1