Table 2 Presence of nine core standards for orthotist/prosthetist regulation by country and income category (High Income, Upper-Middle Income, Lower-Middle Income and Low Income)
| Â | Presence of Government Regulation | Presence of Core Standards | Number of Core Standards (Total) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minimum Training/Education | Entry-level Competency Standards | Scope of Practice | Code of Conduct | Course Accreditation | Continuing Professional Development | Language Standard | Recency-of-Practice | Return-to-Practice | |||
High-Income country n = 14 (47%) | |||||||||||
 1 | – | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
 2 | – | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
 3 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
 4* | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | X | – | 7 |
 5 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
 6 | – | – | – | – | X | n/a | X | – | – | – | 2 |
 7 | X | X | – | – | – | n/a | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 8* | X^ | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
 9* | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
 10* | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | X | – | 7 |
 11* | – | X | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 12 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
 13* | – | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | X | – | 7 |
 14* | – | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | – | 7 |
Upper-Middle-Income country n = 4 (13%) | |||||||||||
 15* | – | X | X | X | X | X | – | – | X | X | 7 |
 16* | – | X | X | – | X | X | X | – | X | – | 6 |
 17* | – | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | 8 |
 18* | – | X | X | – | – | X | X | X | X | X | 7 |
Lower-Middle-Income country n = 5 (17%) | |||||||||||
 19* | – | X | X | X | – | X | – | X | – | – | 5 |
 20 | X | X | – | – | – | X | X | – | – | – | 3 |
 21* | – | X | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 22* | – | X | X | – | X | X | – | – | X | X | 6 |
 23* | – | X | X | – | X | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Low-Income country n = 7 (23%) | |||||||||||
 24* | – | – | – | – | – | n/a | X | X | – | X | 3 |
 25* | – | – | – | – | – | n/a | – | – | – | – | 0 |
 26* | X | X | X | – | X | X | X | – | – | – | 5 |
 27* | X | X | X | – | X | X | – | X | – | – | 5 |
 28* | – | – | – | – | – | n/a | – | – | – | – | 0 |
 29* | – | X | – | – | – | n/a | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 30* | – | X | X | X | X | n/a | – | X | X | X | 7 |
Total (%) | 10 (33%) | 25 (83%) | 20 (67%) | 14 (47%) | 19 (63%) | 19 (63%) | 14 (47%) | 16 (53%) | 15 (50%) | 11 (37%) | Â |