§457G-1] Definitions. As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
"Department" means the department of commerce and consumer affairs.
"Director" means the director of commerce and consumer affairs.
"Occupational therapy services" include:
(1) The assessment of needs and provision of treatment in consultation with the individual, family, or other appropriate persons;
(2) Interventions directed toward developing, improving, ascertaining, enhancing, or restoring:
(A) Daily living skills, including self-care skills and activities that involve interactions with others and the environment, work readiness or work performance, play skills or leisure capacities, or educational performance skills; or
(B) Sensorimotor, oral-motor, perceptual, or neuromuscular functioning; or emotional, motivational, cognitive, or psychosocial components of performance;
(3) The education of the individual, family, or other appropriate persons in carrying out appropriate interventions;
(4) Design, development, adaptation, application, or training in the use of:
(A) Assistive technology devices; and
(B) Rehabilitative technology such as orthotic or prosthetic devices;
(5) The application of physical agent modalities as an adjunct to, or in preparation for, purposeful activity;
(6) The application of ergonomic principles, and the adaptation of environments and processes to enhance functional performance; and
(7) The promotion of health and wellness. [L 2001, c 198, pt of §1; am L 2003, c 97, §5]