Utah Code 58-40-502. Unprofessional conduct
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“Unprofessional conduct” includes:
(1) failing to supervise a therapeutic recreation technician, a student intern, or a temporarily licensed therapeutic recreation specialist when required to do so under this chapter or by rule;
Terms Used In Utah Code 58-40-502
- Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section
58-1-103 . See Utah Code 58-1-102 - Licensee: includes any holder of a license, certificate, registration, permit, student card, or apprentice card authorized under this title. 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
- 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
(2) failing to keep or maintain a recreational therapy treatment plan;(3) failing to safeguard a person‘s right to privacy as to the person’s identity, condition, diagnosis, personal effects, or other matters about which the licensee is privileged to know from providing recreational therapy services;(4) failing to report to the division the unsafe, unethical, or illegal practice of a person who is providing recreational therapy services;(5) making sexual advances to a patient, requesting sexual intercourse or sexual favors from a patient, or engaging in other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature in the presence of a patient;(6) exploiting a patient or former patient for personal gain;(7) possessing or dispensing illegal or non-prescribed prescription drugs or medications;(8) using or being under the influence of alcohol or an illegal or non-prescribed prescription drug or medication while performing recreational therapy services; and(9) other actions as defined by division rule. - Recreational therapy services: include :