2012 Utah Code
Title 58 - Occupations and Professions
Article 40 - Recreational Therapy Practice Act
Section 601 - Scope of practice.

(1) A master therapeutic recreation specialist licensed under this chapter may:

(a) practice recreational therapy:

(i) as an employee of a hospital, clinic, agency, or other facility;

(ii) in private practice; or

(iii) as a consultant; and

(b) supervise and train other licensees under this chapter.

(2) A therapeutic recreation specialist licensed under this chapter:

(a) may practice recreational therapy as the employee of a hospital, clinic, agency, or other facility;

(b) may not practice recreational therapy in private practice or as a consultant; and

(c) may supervise other licensees under this chapter.

(3) A therapeutic recreation technician:

(a) may perform recreational therapy services if:

(i) under the supervision of a master therapeutic recreation specialist or a therapeutic recreation specialist employed full-time and on-site in the same hospital, clinic, or facility; or

(ii) in consultation with a master therapeutic recreation specialist;

(b) may maintain the ongoing documentation of services provided in accordance with a treatment or intervention plan if:

(i) under the supervision of either a master therapeutic recreation specialist or a therapeutic recreation specialist employed full-time and on-site in the same hospital, clinic, or facility; or

(ii) in consultation with a master therapeutic recreation specialist;

(c) may perform the portion of an assessment described in Subsection 58-40-102(2)(a)(i);

(d) may not perform the portion of an assessment described in Subsection 58-40-102(2)(a)(ii);

(e) may not prescribe or create a treatment or intervention plan; and

(f) may not approve or cosign a modification to a treatment or intervention plan.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 82, 2012 General Session