M-9, r. 12.01 - Regulation respecting certain professional activities that may be engaged in orthopedics by persons other than physicians

Section 4 Disposition versions

2013-09-26

4. In order to engage in the activities referred to in section 3, an orthopedic technician must successfully complete complementary training of 25 hours involving

(1)  the technician’s contribution to the medical or nursing treatment plan;

(2)  skin anatomy and physiology;

(3)  the scarring process;

(4)  factors detrimental to scarring;

(5)  the principles of asepsis;

(6)  the principles of wound cleaning;

(7)  types of wounds associated with immobilizations;

(8)  products and bandages used in the context of immobilizations; and

(9)  techniques for removing sutures and staples.

Such training may have been completed in the training program referred to in section 2.

O.C. 900-2013, s. 4.