Utah § 42a-102 - Definitions.

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§ 42a-102. Definitions.

Effective 5/6/2026
58-42a-102.  Definitions.
     As used in this chapter:
(1)"Board" means the Physical Therapies Licensing Board created in Section 58-24b-201.
(2)
(a)"Individual treatment plan" means a written record an individual engaging in the practice of occupational therapy composes for each client.
(b)"Individual treatment plan" includes:
(i)planning and directing specific exercises and programs to improve sensory integration and motor functioning at the level of performance neurologically appropriate for the client's stage of development;
(ii)establishing a program of instruction to teach a client skills, behaviors, and attitudes necessary for the client's independent productive, emotional, and social functioning;
(iii)analyzing, selecting, and adapting functional exercises to achieve and maintain the client's optimal functioning in activities of daily living and to prevent further disability; and
(iv)planning and directing specific programs to evaluate and enhance a client's perceptual, motor, and cognitive skills.
(3)"Occupational therapist" means an individual licensed under this chapter to practice occupational therapy.
(4)"Occupational therapy aide" means an individual who is not licensed under this chapter but provides supportive services under the supervision of an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.
(5)"Occupational therapy assistant" means an individual licensed under this chapter to practice occupational therapy under the supervision of an occupational therapist as described in Sections 58-42a-305 and 58-42a-306.
(6)
(a)"Practice of occupational therapy" means the therapeutic use of everyday life activities with a client who:
(i)has or is at risk of developing an illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disability, activity limitation, or participation restriction; and
(ii)needs assistance developing or restoring the ability to engage in everyday life activities by addressing physical, cognitive, mental wellness, psychosocial, sensory, or other aspects of the client's performance.
(b)"Practice of occupational therapy" includes:
(i)establishing, remediating, or restoring an undeveloped or impaired skill or ability of a client;
(ii)modifying or adapting an activity or environment to enhance a client's performance;
(iii)maintaining and improving a client's capabilities to avoid declining performance in everyday life activities;
(iv)promoting health and wellness to develop or improve a client's performance in everyday life activities;
(v)performance-barrier prevention for a client, including preventing a disability;
(vi)evaluating factors that affect a client's activities of daily living in educational, work, play, leisure, and social situations, including:
(A)body functions and structures;
(B)habits, routines, roles, and behavioral patterns;
(C)cultural, physical, environmental, social, virtual, and spiritual contexts and activity demands that affect performance; and
(D)motor, process, communication, interaction, and other performance skills;
(vii)providing interventions and procedures to promote or enhance a client's safety and performance in activities of daily living in educational, work, and social situations, including:
(A)using therapeutic occupations and exercises;
(B)training in self-care, self-management, home-management, and community and work reintegration;
(C)developing, remediating, or compensating behavioral skills and physical, cognitive, neuromuscular, and sensory functions;
(D)educating and training of a client's family members and caregivers;
(E)coordinating care, case management, and transition services;
(F)providing a consulting service to a group, a program, an organization, or a community;
(G)modifying the environment and adapting a process, including the application of ergonomic principles;
(H)assessing, designing, fabricating, applying, fitting, and providing training in assistive technology, adaptive devices, orthotic devices, and prosthetic devices;
(I)prescribing durable medical equipment or an adaptive device to a patient with or without requesting a prescription from a licensed physician;
(J)assessing, recommending, and training a client in a technique to enhance functional mobility, including wheelchair management;
(K)providing driver rehabilitation and community mobility;
(L)enhancing eating and feeding performance;
(M)applying a physical agent modality, managing wound care, dry needling, or using a manual therapy technique to enhance a client's performance skills, if the occupational therapist has received the necessary training as the division determines by rule made in collaboration with the board and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act; or
(N)applying dry needling to enhance a client's occupational performance if the occupational therapy practitioner has received the necessary training as the division determines by rule the division makes in collaboration with the board and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
(7)"Unlawful conduct" means the same as that term is defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-42a-501.
(8)"Unprofessional conduct" means the same as that term is defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-42a-502.


Amended by Chapter 96, 2026 General Session

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