Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 46 > Chapter 19 - Local Marketing Authorities and Farm Marketing Centers

• Board: means the South Carolina Board of Occupational Therapy. See South Carolina Code 40-36-20
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Occupational therapist: means a person licensed to practice occupational therapy. See South Carolina Code 40-36-20
• Occupational therapy: means the functional evaluation and treatment of individuals whose ability to cope with the tasks of living are threatened or impaired by developmental deficits, the aging process, poverty and cultural differences, physical injury or illness, or psychological or social disability. See South Carolina Code 40-36-20
• Occupational therapy aide: means a person who has received on-the-job training in occupational therapy and is employed in an occupational therapy setting under the direct on-site supervision of a licensed occupational therapist or licensed occupational therapy assistant. See South Carolina Code 40-36-20
• Occupational therapy assistant: means a person licensed to assist in the practice of occupational therapy under the supervision of an occupational therapist. See South Carolina Code 40-36-20
• On-site: means the same premises while direct client treatment is being performed. See South Carolina Code 40-36-20
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Student: means a person who is enrolled in an educational program approved by ACOTE or other AOTA endorsed accrediting body for occupational therapy. See South Carolina Code 40-36-20
• Supervision: means personal and direct involvement of an occupational therapist in a supervisee's professional experience which includes evaluation of the supervisee's performance with respect to each client treated by the supervisee. See South Carolina Code 40-36-20
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.