Tex. Occupations Code § 605.258
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 605.258, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 605.258. STUDENT REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE.
Official statutory text
(a) The department may issue a student registration certificate to an individual who is working toward fulfilling the requirements for a license as an orthotist, prosthetist, or prosthetist orthotist and:
(1) holds either:
(A) a bachelor's or graduate degree in orthotics and prosthetics from:
(i) an education program recognized and accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs that is offered at an institution of higher education; or
(ii) a practitioner education program that has education standards that are equivalent to or exceed the standards adopted by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; or
(B) a bachelor's degree in another subject and an orthotic or prosthetic certificate issued by a practitioner education program:
(i) recognized and accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; or
(ii) that has education standards that are equivalent to or exceed the standards adopted by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; or
(2) is a student who:
(A) is currently enrolled in a graduate program in this state in orthotics and prosthetics that:
(i) is recognized and accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; and
(ii) incorporates a professional clinical residency that meets the requirements of rules adopted under Section 605.252(c); and
(B) submits to the department a written certification from the graduate program in which the student is enrolled that the student has successfully completed the academic prerequisites to enter a professional clinical residency.
(b) A student registrant may work only under the direct supervision of a licensed orthotist, licensed prosthetist, or licensed prosthetist orthotist who is responsible for the acts of the student registrant and licensed in the discipline of the student registrant's clinical residency.
(c) A student registration certificate is valid for two years from the date issued and may be renewed once for an additional two years.
(1) holds either:
(A) a bachelor's or graduate degree in orthotics and prosthetics from:
(i) an education program recognized and accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs that is offered at an institution of higher education; or
(ii) a practitioner education program that has education standards that are equivalent to or exceed the standards adopted by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; or
(B) a bachelor's degree in another subject and an orthotic or prosthetic certificate issued by a practitioner education program:
(i) recognized and accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; or
(ii) that has education standards that are equivalent to or exceed the standards adopted by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; or
(2) is a student who:
(A) is currently enrolled in a graduate program in this state in orthotics and prosthetics that:
(i) is recognized and accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; and
(ii) incorporates a professional clinical residency that meets the requirements of rules adopted under Section 605.252(c); and
(B) submits to the department a written certification from the graduate program in which the student is enrolled that the student has successfully completed the academic prerequisites to enter a professional clinical residency.
(b) A student registrant may work only under the direct supervision of a licensed orthotist, licensed prosthetist, or licensed prosthetist orthotist who is responsible for the acts of the student registrant and licensed in the discipline of the student registrant's clinical residency.
(c) A student registration certificate is valid for two years from the date issued and may be renewed once for an additional two years.
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