1155-04-.21
Therapeutic Footwear
Cite as Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1155-04-.21
The following actions with respect to therapeutic footwear
and medical devices for the foot and ankle must be performed by a health care practitioner licensed
under Title 63 who is acting within his or her lawful scope of practice:
(1)
Modifications or additions to the interior or exterior of footwear for therapeutic purposes,
including but not limited to heel lifts, outflare heels, Thomas heels, full sole lifts, wedged
soles, rocker bottom soles, metatarsal bars, metatarsal raises or inserts that have fillers as
part of their construction, toe fillers, and partial foot fillers;
(2)
Permanent or temporary attachment of an orthosis to the footwear;
(3)
Addition or modification of a removable or attached therapeutic foot device inside the shoe
which was fabricated based on a cast, impression, mold, scan, or imprint;
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(4)
Creation of an image of a person’s foot or ankle through the use of a mold, cast, scanning
device, digital appliance, pressure sensitive device or other similar device; and
(5)
Analysis, evaluation, measurement, assessment, or screening of a foot for the purpose of
making a therapeutic recommendation.