Credentialing

Active Life practitioners are allied health professionals who are specifically educated and clinically trained to provide comprehensive orthotic and prosthetic care. This includes patient assessment, formulation of a treatment plan, implementation of plan, follow-up and management.

The American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics, ABC, is the national certifying and accrediting body for the orthotic and prosthetic professions. Our patients can be assured that our practitioners are qualified to provide the highest level of care.

Facility Accreditation

The ABC implemented its facility accreditation program in 1948 guided by the view that accreditation should be founded upon standards that are broad in scope and focus on those aspects of organizational activities that most directly influence the quality of orthotic and prosthetic patient care.

Organizations primarily engaged in the delivery of orthotic and/or prosthetic services, determined through application and on-site evaluation by a qualified ABC surveyor to have demonstrated at least minimal compliance with established practice standards, will be awarded organizational accreditation by the ABC.

Individual Certification

ABC practitioner certification, assistant registration, technician registration and fitter registration are the designations given to those individuals who have met ABC's extensive education and training requirements and/or who have passed specific examinations that are based on a comprehensive practice analysis of the orthotic and prosthetic profession. The examinations measure the candidate's knowledge of orthotics and prosthetics, their analytical and problem solving skills as well as clinical, patient management and communication skills. ABC practitioner certification, assistant registration, technician registration and fitter registration are the profession's highest standards for professionals providing patient care and technical services.