Connecticut General Statutes 20-74e – Exempt activities
(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing or restricting the practice, services or activities of: (1) Any person licensed in this state by any other law from engaging in the profession or occupation for which he is licensed; (2) any person employed as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant by the government of the United States, if such person provides occupational therapy solely under the direction or control of the organization by which he is employed and limits the use of such title to such employment; (3) any person pursuing a course of study leading to a degree or certificate in occupational therapy at an accredited or approved educational program if such activities and services constitute part of a supervised course of study and if such person is designated by a title which clearly indicates his or her status as a student or trainee; or (4) any person fulfilling the supervised field work experience requirements of section 20-74b if such activities and services constitute a part of the experience necessary to meet the requirements of that section.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 20-74e
- another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Occupational therapist: means a person licensed to practice occupational therapy as defined in this chapter and whose license is in good standing. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-74a
- occupational therapy: includes , but is not limited to, evaluation and treatment of individuals whose abilities to cope with the tasks of living are threatened or impaired by developmental disabilities, the aging process, learning disabilities, poverty and cultural differences, physical injury or disease, psychological and social disabilities, or anticipated dysfunction, using (A) such treatment techniques as task-oriented activities to prevent or correct physical or emotional disabilities or to minimize the disabling effect of these disabilities in the life of the individual, (B) such evaluation techniques as assessment of sensory motor abilities, assessment of the development of self-care activities and capacity for independence, assessment of the physical capacity for prevocational and work tasks, assessment of play and leisure performance, and appraisal of living areas for persons with disabilities, (C) specific occupational therapy techniques such as activities of daily living skills, the fabrication and application of splinting devices, sensory motor activities, the use of specifically designed manual and creative activities, guidance in the selection and use of adaptive equipment, specific exercises to enhance functional performance and treatment techniques for physical capabilities for work activities. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-74a
(b) Any occupational therapist who is licensed or authorized to practice in another state, United States possession or country who is either in this state for the purposes of consultation, provided such practice is limited to such consultation for less than thirty days in a three-hundred-and-sixty-five-day year, or for conducting a teaching or clinical demonstration in Connecticut with a program of basic clinical education, graduate education or postgraduate education in an approved school of occupational therapy or its affiliated clinical facility or health care agency or before a group of licensed occupational therapists, provided such teaching demonstration is for less than thirty days in a three-hundred-and-sixty-five-day year, shall not be prohibited from such consultation or teaching by this chapter.
(c) No provision of this chapter shall be construed to prohibit physicians or qualified members of other licensed or legally recognized professions from using occupational therapy as part of or incidental to their profession, under the statutes applicable to their profession, except that such persons may not hold themselves out under the title occupational therapist or as performing occupational therapy.