§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]

 

Note

 

  Former section 457G-1 renumbered as §457G-1.5.