4779-10-02 Proper use of credentials.

(A) A licensee shall not misrepresent any professional qualifications or credentials or provide any information that is false, deceptive or misleading in connection with his/her own application for employment or work as an orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics practitioner.

(B) A licensee shall not delegate the use of his/her name or signature on documentation for services unless he/she actually provided these services and has given permission to another individual for such documentation, or unless he/she appropriately supervised those services.

(C) A licensee shall not use any title, initials or acronym indicating ownership or possession of an advanced educational credential or degree unless such educational credential or degree was earned through the auspices of an institution recognized by an appropriate national or regional accrediting agency.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 12/27/2012 and 10/01/2017
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4779.08
Rule Amplifies: 4779.09, 4779.28
Prior Effective Dates: 08/09/02, 11/01/08