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LAWS OF MARYLAND

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licensed by the Board (see § 9-401 of this
title), the law should provide occupational
therapy assistants with adequate statutory notice
of the permissible scope of their practice. The
Commission to Revise the Annotated Code
recommends that the General Assembly consider
adopting either the language of the revision, or
some other alternative that more specifically
delineates the activities permitted occupational
therapy assistants.

An additional, related problem is that if
"practice limited occupational therapy" is
distinguished from "practice occupational
therapy", then the occupational therapy
assistants may not have to be licensed under
present Art. 43, § 919. Present Art. 43, §

919(a) states "{t}o practice occupational

therapy in this State, an individual shall be
licensed by the Board" (emphasis added). This
revision expressly requires occupational therapy
assistants to be licensed. This revision also is
called to the attention of the General Assembly.

The supervision requirement for a licensed
occupational therapy assistant now appears in §
9-310 of this title.

(I) PRACTICE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY.

(1)  "PRACTICE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY" MEANS TO
EVALUATE, TREAT, AND CONSULT REGARDING PROBLEMS THAT
INTERFERE WITH THE FUNCTIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE
OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS IMPAIRED BY PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, OR
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY.

(2)  "PRACTICE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY" INCLUDES:

(I)  SELECTING, DESIGNING, MAKING, AND
USING SPLINTS AND ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT;

(II)  USING THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITIES;

(III)  USING                                   DEVELOPMENTAL,
PERCEPTUAL-MOTOR, AND SENSORY INTEGRATIVE ACTIVITIES;

(IV)  USING ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING;

(V)  PREVOCATIONAL EVALUATING AND TRAINING;

(VI)  CONSULTING ABOUT THE ADAPTATION OF
ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE HANDICAPPED; AND

(VII)  PERFORMING AND INTERPRETING MANUAL
MUSCLE AND RANGE OF MOTION TESTS.