In addition to the definitions in Section 58-1-102, as used in this chapter:

(1) “Approved” means approval by the division in collaboration with the board when used to refer to a licensing requirement.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 58-40-102

  • Board: means the Board of Recreational Therapy created in Section 58-40-201. See Utah Code 58-40-102
  • Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103. See Utah Code 58-1-102
  • Person: means :
         (24)(a) an individual;
         (24)(b) an association;
         (24)(c) an institution;
         (24)(d) a corporation;
         (24)(e) a company;
         (24)(f) a trust;
         (24)(g) a limited liability company;
         (24)(h) a partnership;
         (24)(i) a political subdivision;
         (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
         (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Recreational therapy services: include :
              (6)(b)(i) assessing a person's need for recreational therapy treatment or intervention;
              (6)(b)(ii) developing an individualized treatment or intervention plan that identifies goals, objectives, and treatment strategies for a person;
              (6)(b)(iii) implementing the individualized treatment or intervention plan;
              (6)(b)(iv) documenting a person's response to the individualized treatment or intervention plan, including documenting the overall outcome of the person's treatment;
              (6)(b)(v) regularly evaluating a person's response to the individualized treatment or intervention plan and modifying the plan when appropriate;
              (6)(b)(vi) in collaboration with a person, the person's family, or other team members, developing a discharge or transition plan for the person;
              (6)(b)(vii) serving as a resource to help a person find recreation opportunities that will promote the person's physical, cognitive, social, behavioral, emotional, or spiritual health and well-being; and
              (6)(b)(viii) organizing and managing recreational services according to a written plan of operation as defined by rule of the division. See Utah Code 58-40-102
  • therapeutic recreation: means a person-centered process that uses recreation and psychoeducational activities as intervention tools to improve the physical, cognitive, social, behavioral, emotional, or spiritual well-being of a person with an illness or a disability. See Utah Code 58-40-102
  • Treatment or intervention plan: means a written record containing the information required by Section 58-40-602, which is composed for each patient by a person licensed under this chapter as a master therapeutic recreation specialist or a therapeutic recreation specialist. See Utah Code 58-40-102
(2)

     (2)(a) “Assessment” means:

          (2)(a)(i) a systematic collection of data to identify the strengths and limitations of a person‘s physical, cognitive, social, behavioral, emotional, spiritual, and leisure capabilities; and
          (2)(a)(ii) interpreting and analyzing collected data to identify and determine a course of action for recreational therapy services for a patient.
     (2)(b) “Assessment” includes:

          (2)(b)(i) a record review;
          (2)(b)(ii) the implementation of standardized and non-standardized instruments, tests, and measurements; and
          (2)(b)(iii) the skilled observation and interview of a person.
(3) “Board” means the Board of Recreational Therapy created in Section 58-40-201.
(4) “Practice of recreational therapy” means to engage in the paid performance of providing recreational therapy services according to the therapeutic recreation process to a person with an emotional, social, intellectual, or physical pathology.
(5) “Recreational therapy” or “therapeutic recreation” means a person-centered process that uses recreation and psychoeducational activities as intervention tools to improve the physical, cognitive, social, behavioral, emotional, or spiritual well-being of a person with an illness or a disability.
(6)

     (6)(a) “Recreational therapy services” means using recreation and psychoeducational activities as intervention tools to improve or maintain the physical, cognitive, social, behavioral, emotional, or spiritual well-being of a person with an illness or a disability.
     (6)(b) “Recreational therapy services” include:

          (6)(b)(i) assessing a person’s need for recreational therapy treatment or intervention;
          (6)(b)(ii) developing an individualized treatment or intervention plan that identifies goals, objectives, and treatment strategies for a person;
          (6)(b)(iii) implementing the individualized treatment or intervention plan;
          (6)(b)(iv) documenting a person’s response to the individualized treatment or intervention plan, including documenting the overall outcome of the person’s treatment;
          (6)(b)(v) regularly evaluating a person’s response to the individualized treatment or intervention plan and modifying the plan when appropriate;
          (6)(b)(vi) in collaboration with a person, the person’s family, or other team members, developing a discharge or transition plan for the person;
          (6)(b)(vii) serving as a resource to help a person find recreation opportunities that will promote the person’s physical, cognitive, social, behavioral, emotional, or spiritual health and well-being; and
          (6)(b)(viii) organizing and managing recreational services according to a written plan of operation as defined by rule of the division.
(7) “Treatment or intervention plan” means a written record containing the information required by Section 58-40-602, which is composed for each patient by a person licensed under this chapter as a master therapeutic recreation specialist or a therapeutic recreation specialist.
(8) “Unlawful conduct” is as defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-40-501.
(9) “Unprofessional conduct” is as defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-40-502.