2009 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses.
Article 12A - Occupational Therapy
Section 61-12A-4 - Occupational therapy services. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)

61-12A-4. Occupational therapy services. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)

Occupational therapy services include:

A.     selected strategies to direct the process of interventions, such as:

(1)     establishment, remediation or restoration of a skill or ability that has not yet developed or is impaired;

(2)     compensation, modification or adaptation of activity or environment to enhance performance;

(3)     maintenance and enhancement of capabilities without which performance in everyday life activities would decline;

(4)     health promotion and wellness to enable  enhanced performance in everyday life activities; and

(5)     prevention of barriers to performance, including disability prevention;

B.     evaluation of factors affecting activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, education, work, play, leisure and social participation, including:

(1)     client factors, including neuromuscular, sensory, visual, perceptual and cognitive functions and cardiovascular, digestive, integumentary and genitourinary systems;

(2)     habits, routines, roles and behavior patterns;

(3)     cultural, physical, environmental, social and spiritual contexts and activity demands that affect performance; and

(4)     performance skills, including motor, process and communication and interaction skills; and

C.     interventions and procedures to promote or enhance safety and performance in activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, education, work, play, leisure and social participation, including:

(1)     therapeutic use of occupations, exercises and activities;

(2)     training in self-care, self-management, home management and community-work reintegration;

(3)     development, remediation or compensation of physical, cognitive, neuromuscular and sensory functions and behavioral skills;

(4)     therapeutic use of self, including one's personality, insights, perceptions and judgments, as part of the therapeutic process;

(5)     education and training of persons, including family members, caregivers and others;

(6)     care coordination, case management and transition services;

(7)     consultative services to groups,  programs, organizations or communities;

(8)     modification of environments and adaptation or processes, including the application of ergonomic principles;

(9)     assessment, design, fabrication, application, fitting and training in assistive technology, adaptive devices and orthotic devices and training in the use of prosthetic devices;

(10)     assessment, recommendation and training in techniques to enhance functional mobility, including wheelchair management;

(11)     driver rehabilitation and community mobility;

(12)     management of feeding, eating and swallowing to enable eating and feeding performance; and

(13)     application of physical agent modalities and use of a range of specific therapeutic procedures such as wound care management; techniques to enhance sensory, perceptual and cognitive processing; and manual therapy techniques to enhance performance skills.