58-42a-102 - Definitions. - Utah Statutes

58-42a-102. Definitions.
In addition to the definitions in Section 58-1-102, as used in this chapter:
(1) "Assessment" means the use of skilled observation or evaluation by administeringand interpreting standardized or nonstandardized tests and measurements to identify areas foroccupational therapy services.
(2) "Board" means the Occupational Therapy Board created in Section 58-42a-201.
(3) "Certified occupational therapy assistant" or "COTA" means a person certified as acertified occupational therapy assistant by the National Board for Certification in OccupationalTherapy.
(4) "Individual treatment plan" includes:
(a) planning and directing specific exercises and programs to improve sensory integrationand motor functioning at the level of performance neurologically appropriate for the individual'sstage of development;
(b) establishing a program of instruction to teach a patient in skills, behaviors, andattitudes necessary for the patient's independent productive, emotional, and social functioning;
(c) analyzing, selecting, and adapting functional exercises to achieve and maintain thepatient's optimal functioning in daily living tasks and to prevent further disability; and
(d) planning and directing specific programs to evaluate and enhance perceptual, motor,and cognitive skills.
(5) "Occupational therapist" or "OT" means a person licensed in the state to practiceoccupational therapy.
(6) "Occupational therapist registered" or "OTR" means a person certified as anoccupational therapist registered by the National Board for Certification in OccupationalTherapy.
(7) "Occupational therapy" means the use of purposeful activity or occupational therapyinterventions to develop or restore the highest possible level of independence of an individualwho is limited by a physical injury or illness, a dysfunctional condition, a cognitive impairment,a psychosocial dysfunction, a mental illness, a developmental or learning disability, or an adverseenvironmental condition.
(8) "Occupational therapy assistant" or "OTA" means a person licensed in the state topractice occupational therapy under the supervision of an occupational therapist as set forth inSection 58-42a-306.
(9) "Occupational therapy services" include:
(a) assessing, treating, educating, or consulting with an individual, family, or otherpersons;
(b) developing, improving, or restoring an individual's daily living skills, work readiness,work performance, play skills, or leisure capacities, or enhancing an individual's educationalperformance skills;
(c) developing, improving, or restoring an individual's sensory-motor, oral-motor,perceptual, or neuromuscular functioning, or the individual's range of motion;
(d) developing, improving, or restoring the individual's emotional, motivational,cognitive, or psychosocial components of performance;
(e) assessing the need for and recommending, developing, adapting, designing, orfabricating splints or assistive technology devices for individuals;
(f) training individuals in the use of rehabilitative or assistive technology devices such as

selected orthotic or prosthetic devices;
(g) applying physical agent modalities as an adjunct to or in preparation for purposefulactivity;
(h) applying the use of ergonomic principles; and
(i) adapting or modifying environments and processes to enhance or promote thefunctional performance, health, and wellness of individuals.
(10) "Practice of occupational therapy" means rendering or offering to renderoccupational therapy services to individuals, groups, agencies, organizations, industries, or thepublic.
(11) "Unprofessional conduct" is as defined in Section 58-42a-501.

Amended by Chapter 71, 2005 General Session