BOC Suspends Footwear Specialist Certificate

The Board of Certification/Accreditation, International said in a press release Thursday that it would permanently suspend the BOC Footwear Specialist certificate program. According to BOC president Greg Safko, BOC's board of directors weighed several key factors in the decision, "ranging from the mission of the BOC as a 'certification' body to indications of confusion among footwear personnel themselves regarding scope of practice and billing privileges." In the interest of ensuring care to at-risk patients and footwear clientele, Safko continued, BOC encourages all footwear personnel to "pursue the professional path of education, training and certification awarded through the popular BOC Pedorthist program." Read the full release.