Diana Galuska; The Board of Orthotists and Prosthetists hereby gives notice that it has received a Petition for Declaratory Statement filed on July 25, 2007 on behalf of Diana Galuska, an employee of BSN Medical Inc., a global medical device company....

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Orthotists and Prosthetists

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Board of Orthotists and Prosthetists has received the petition for declaratory statement from Diana Galuska. The petition seeks the agency’s opinion as to the applicability of Section 468.80(4), F.S. as it applies to the petitioner.

The Board of Orthotists and Prosthetists hereby gives notice that it has received a Petition for Declaratory Statement filed on July 25, 2007 on behalf of Diana Galuska, an employee of BSN Medical Inc., a global medical device company. The Petitioner seeks the Board’s interpretation of the application to the Petitioner’s employment for BSN Medical Inc. as an orthotic fitter assistant of various related sections of Florida Statutes found in Chapter 468, F.S., Part XIV, Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics. Specifically, the Petitioner requests that because BSN products do not fall under the statutory definition of what constitutes an “orthosis” under Section 468.80(4), F.S., the Board issue a Declaratory Statement determining that BSN products are not an “orthosis” as defined by Florida’s Orthotics statutes. This Petition will be considered by the Board at its meeting on August 10, 2007.

A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Joe Baker, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Orthotists and Prosthetists, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257.

Please refer all comments to: Joe Baker, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Orthotists and Prosthetists, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257.