2011 Hawaii Code
DIVISION 2. BUSINESS
TITLE25. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
457G. Occupational Therapy Practice
§457G-1 Definitions.

§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.