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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch.8

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is standard language added
to express the presently implied duty of the
Board to issue a license to a qualified
applicant.

Present Art. 43, § 925, which sets the date on
which the Board could begin its licensing
activities, is deleted as obsolete.

9-309. SCOPE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST LICENSE.

AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST LICENSE AUTHORIZES THE
LICENSEE TO PRACTICE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WHILE THE LICENSE

IS EFFECTIVE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from the first
sentence of Art. 43, § 926.

9-310. SCOPE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT LICENSE.

(A)  IN GENERAL.

SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, AN
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT LICENSE AUTHORIZES THE
LICENSEE TO PRACTICE LIMITED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WHILE THE
LICENSE IS EFFECTIVE.

(B)  SUPERVISION REQUIRED.

A LICENSED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT MAY PRACTICE
LIMITED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ONLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF
AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN THIS STATE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from the last phrase
of Art. 43, § 911(f) and the second sentence of §
926.

In subsection (b) of this section, the clause
occupational therapist "who is authorized to
practice in this State" is new language added to
clarify that the supervising occupational
therapist must be an individual who is authorized
to practice occupational therapy in this State.

The present phrase "in consultation with" is
deleted to resolve a contradiction between
present Art. 43, § 911(i) and present Art. 43, §
926. Present Art. 43, § 911(i), which defines
"occupational therapy assistant", speaks
exclusively of supervision. The legislative
history of Ch. 909, Acts of 1978, which enacted
present Art. 43, §§ 911 through 935, indicated
that the phrase "in consultation with" was