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Tex. Occupations Code § 605.258

STUDENT REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE

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Tex. Occupations Code § 605.258, STUDENT REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/700662
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(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.