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Alabama Prosthetics Board Reports Shrinking Licensee Base, Shortfalls Prompt Internal Cuts
Summary
The Alabama Board of Prosthetists and Orthotists told the Legislature's Sunset Committee it is receiving less revenue as higher‑fee practitioners leave the state or retire, creating budget shortfalls that prompted a director salary reduction and a board discussion of further options.
The Alabama Board of Prosthetists and Orthotists told the Sunset Committee on Aug. 15 that the board is collecting less revenue as higher‑fee practitioners retire or move out of state, creating a structural shortfall.
"The primary issue that the board's been having for the past 3 to 4 years is having more expenditures than we're taking in in revenue," Executive Director Ron Ezell said. He said a major driver is a shift in the mix of applicants: "The high end skilled practitioners' license fee is $450 a year, whereby ... an orthotic fitter ... their license fee is $125 a year. So we have lost a good bit of the high end practitioners at $450 and many of the applications are coming into the Board with 125." Ezell added that, despite cost reductions in…
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