2005 Idaho Code - 54-3702 — DEFINITIONS

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 37
                      OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE ACT
    54-3702.  DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter:
    (1)  "Association" means the Idaho occupational therapy association.
    (2)  "Board" means the Idaho state board of medicine.
    (3)  "Licensure board" means the board established to conduct examinations
under this chapter, to make recommendations and consult with the board and to
perform such other duties as may be required or authorized by this chapter.
    (4)  "Occupational therapist" means a person licensed to practice
occupational therapy.
    (5)  "Occupational therapy" is the use of purposeful, goal-oriented
activity with individuals who are limited by physical injury or illness,
psychosocial dysfunction, developmental or learning disabilities/deficits,
poverty or cultural difficulties or the aging process in order to achieve
optimum functional performance, independence, prevent further disability and
maintain health. The practice of occupational therapy encompasses the
evaluation, consultation and treatment of individuals whose abilities to cope
with the tasks of daily living are threatened or impaired by physical injury
or illness, psychosocial dysfunction, developmental or learning
disabilities/deficits, poverty or cultural difficulties or the aging process
and includes a treatment program through the use of specific techniques which
enhance functional performance and includes the evaluation/assessment of the
patient/clients self-care, work and leisure skills, cognition, perception;
sensory and motor performance; play skills; vocational and prevocational
capacities; need for adaptive equipment; application of selected prosthetic or
orthotic devices; and the administration of standardized and nonstandardized
assessments.
    (6)  "Occupational therapy aide" means an unlicensed person who aids a
licensed occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant in the
practice of occupational therapy, whose activities require an understanding of
occupational therapy but do not require professional or advanced training in
the basic anatomical, biological, psychological, and social sciences involved
in the practice of occupational therapy.
    (7)  "Occupational therapy assistant" means a person licensed to assist in
the practice of occupational therapy, who works under the supervision of an
occupational therapist.
    (8)  "Person" means any individual, partnership, unincorporated
organization, or corporation.