Section 61-12A-5 - Supervision; required; defined. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)
61-12A-5. Supervision; required; defined. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)
A. Occupational therapy shall not be performed by an occupational therapy assistant, occupational therapy aide or technician or by any person practicing on a provisional permit unless such therapy is supervised by an occupational therapist. The board shall adopt rules defining supervision, which definitions may include various categories such as "close supervision", "routine supervision" and "general supervision".
B. An occupational therapy aide or technician is not a primary service provider of occupational therapy in any practice setting and, therefore, does not provide skilled occupational therapy services. An occupational therapy aide or technician is trained by an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant to perform specifically delegated tasks, and the occupational therapist is responsible for the overall use and actions of the occupational therapy aide or technician. An occupational therapy aide or technician must demonstrate competence to perform the assigned, delegated client and nonclient tasks.