1155-04-.17
Sale Of Over-The-Counter And Off-The-Shelf Devices
Cite as Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1155-04-.17
(1)
“Over-the-counter device” means a prefabricated, mass-produced device that is prepackaged
and requires no professional advice or judgment in either size selection or use, including
fabric or elastic supports, corsets, generic arch supports and elastic hoses.
(2)
“Off-the-shelf device” means a prefabricated prosthesis or orthosis sized or modified for use
by the patient in accordance with a prescription from a health care practitioner authorized by
law to write such prescriptions and which does not require substantial clinical judgment and
substantive alteration for appropriate use.
(3)
The sale of over-the-counter and off-the-shelf devices by non-licensed persons is not
prohibited by these rules.
(4)
No person shall dispense or sell an over-the-counter device or an off-the-shelf device based
upon an image of the customer’s limb captured by the person through a mold, cast, scanning
device, digital appliance, or pressure sensitive device, unless the customer has first
presented to that person a written prescription for that device from a health care practitioner
authorized by law to write such a prescription.