Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 42a - Occupational Therapy Practice Act

• Board: means the Board of Occupational Therapy created in Section 58-42a-201. See Utah Code 58-42a-102
• Carrier: means an infected individual or animal who harbors a specific infectious agent in the absence of discernible clinical disease and serves as a potential source of infection for man. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Communicable disease: means illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products which arises through transmission of that agent or its products from a reservoir to a susceptible host, either directly, as from an infected individual or animal, or indirectly, through an intermediate plant or animal host, vector, or the inanimate environment. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contact: means an individual or animal having had association with an infected individual, animal, or contaminated environment so as to have had an opportunity to acquire the infection. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Epidemic: means the occurrence or outbreak in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in excess of normal expectancy and derived from a common or propagated source. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Incubation period: means the time interval between exposure to an infectious agent and appearance of the first sign or symptom of the disease in question. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Individual treatment plan: includes :
            (2)(b)(i) planning and directing specific exercises and programs to improve sensory integration and motor functioning at the level of performance neurologically appropriate for the individual's stage of development;
            (2)(b)(ii) establishing a program of instruction to teach a client skills, behaviors, and attitudes necessary for the client's independent productive, emotional, and social functioning;
            (2)(b)(iii) analyzing, selecting, and adapting functional exercises to achieve and maintain the client's optimal functioning in activities of daily living and to prevent further disability; and
            (2)(b)(iv) planning and directing specific programs to evaluate and enhance perceptual, motor, and cognitive skills. See Utah Code 58-42a-102
• Infected individual: means an individual who harbors an infectious agent and who has manifest disease or inapparent infection. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Infection: means the entry and development or multiplication of an infectious agent in the body of man or animals. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Infectious agent: means an organism such as a virus, rickettsia, bacteria, fungus, protozoan, or helminth that is capable of producing infection or infectious disease. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Infectious disease: means a disease of man or animals resulting from an infection. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
• 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
• Local food: means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-1-109. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Local health department: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26A-1-102. See Utah Code 26B-1-102
• Man: means an adult human male. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Occupational therapist: means a person licensed under this chapter to practice occupational therapy. See Utah Code 58-42a-102
• Occupational therapy aide: means a person who is not licensed under this chapter but who provides supportive services under the supervision of an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant. See Utah Code 58-42a-102
• Occupational therapy assistant: means a person licensed under this chapter to practice occupational therapy under the supervision of an occupational therapist as described in Sections 58-42a-305 and 58-42a-306. See Utah Code 58-42a-102
• Order of constraint: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-7-301. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Practice of occupational therapy: includes :
            (6)(b)(i) establishing, remediating, or restoring an undeveloped or impaired skill or ability of an individual;
            (6)(b)(ii) modifying or adapting an activity or environment to enhance an individual's performance;
            (6)(b)(iii) maintaining and improving an individual's capabilities to avoid declining performance in everyday life activities;
            (6)(b)(iv) promoting health and wellness to develop or improve an individual's performance in everyday life activities;
            (6)(b)(v) performance-barrier prevention for an individual, including disability prevention;
            (6)(b)(vi) evaluating factors that affect an individual's activities of daily living in educational, work, play, leisure, and social situations, including:

                 (6)(b)(vi)(A) body functions and structures;

                 (6)(b)(vi)(B) habits, routines, roles, and behavioral patterns;

                 (6)(b)(vi)(C) cultural, physical, environmental, social, virtual, and spiritual contexts and activity demands that affect performance; and

                 (6)(b)(vi)(D) motor, process, communication, interaction, and other performance skills;
            (6)(b)(vii) providing interventions and procedures to promote or enhance an individual's safety and performance in activities of daily living in educational, work, and social situations, including:

                 (6)(b)(vii)(A) the therapeutic use of occupations and exercises;

                 (6)(b)(vii)(B) training in self-care, self-management, home-management, and community and work reintegration;

                 (6)(b)(vii)(C) the development, remediation, or compensation of behavioral skills and physical, cognitive, neuromuscular, and sensory functions;

                 (6)(b)(vii)(D) the education and training of an individual's family members and caregivers;

                 (6)(b)(vii)(E) care coordination, case management, and transition services;

                 (6)(b)(vii)(F) providing consulting services to groups, programs, organizations, or communities,

                 (6)(b)(vii)(G) modifying the environment and adapting processes, including the application of ergonomic principles;

                 (6)(b)(vii)(H) assessing, designing, fabricating, applying, fitting, and providing training in assistive technology, adaptive devices, orthotic devices, and prosthetic devices;

                 (6)(b)(vii)(I) assessing, recommending, and training an individual in techniques to enhance functional mobility, including wheelchair management;

                 (6)(b)(vii)(J) driver rehabilitation and community mobility;

                 (6)(b)(vii)(K) enhancing eating and feeding performance; and

                 (6)(b)(vii)(L) applying physical agent modalities, managing wound care, and using manual therapy techniques to enhance an individual's performance skills, if the occupational therapist has received the necessary training as determined by division rule in collaboration with the board. See Utah Code 58-42a-102
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• School: means a public, private, or parochial nursery school, licensed or unlicensed day care center, child care facility, family care home, Head Start program, kindergarten, elementary, or secondary school through grade 12. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Sexually transmitted disease: means those diseases transmitted through sexual intercourse or any other sexual contact. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.