§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.