KRS 319A.010: Definitions for chapter.

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the Kentucky Board of Licensure for Occupational Therapy

appointed by the Governor;

(2) "Practice of occupational therapy" means the therapeutic use of purposeful and

meaningful occupations (goal -directed activities) to evaluate and treat ind ividuals

who have a disease or disorder, impairment, activity limitation, or participation

restriction that interferes with their ability to function independently in daily life

roles, and to promote health and wellness. Occupational therapy intervention m ay

include:

(a) Remediation or restoration, through goal -directed activities, of those

performance abilities that are limited due to impairment in biological,

physiological, or neurological processes;

(b) Adaptation of task, process, or the environment or the teaching of

compensatory techniques to enhance performance;

(c) Disability prevention methods and techniques that facilitate the development

or safe application of performance skills; and

(d) Health promotion strategies and practices that enhance performance abilities;

(3) "Occupational therapist" means a person licensed to practice occupational therapy

under this chapter;

(4) "Occupational therapy assistant" means a person licensed to assist in the practice of

occupational therapy under this chapter, w ho works under the supervision of an

occupational therapist;

(5) "Aide" means a person who is not licensed by the board who provides supportive

services to occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants. An aide shall

function under the guidan ce and responsibility of a licensed occupational therapist

and is supervised by an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant

for specifically selected routine tasks for which the aide has been trained and has

demonstrated competence. The aide shall comply with supervision requirements

developed by the board that are consistent with prevailing professional standards;

(6) "Occupational therapy services" include but are not limited to:

(a) Evaluating, developing, improving, sustaining, or res toring skills in basic and

instrumental activities of daily living (BADLs and IADLs), work or

productive activities, and play and leisure activities;

(b) Evaluating, developing, remediating, or restoring components of performance

as they relate to sensorimotor, cognitive, or psychosocial aspects;

(c) Designing, fabricating, applying, and training in the use of assistive

technology or orthotic devices and training in the use of prosthetic devices for

functional mobility and activities of daily living;

(d) Adapting environments and processes, including the application of ergonomic

principles, to enhance performance and safety in daily life roles;

(e) Applying superficial physical agent modalities as an adjunct to or in

preparation for engagement in occupations;

(f) Applying deep physical agent modalities as an adjunct to or in preparation for

engagement in occupations, in accordance with KRS 319A.080;

(g) Evaluating and providing intervention in collaboration with the client, family,

caregiver, or others;

(h) Educating the client, family, caregiver, or others in carrying out appropriate

nonskilled interventions; and

(i) Consulting with groups, programs, organizations, or communities to provide

population-based services;

(7) "Person" means any individual, partn ership, or unincorporated organization, or

corporation;

(8) "Deep physical agent modalities" means any device that uses sound waves or agents

which supply or induce an electric current through the body, which make the body a

part of the circuit, including iontophoresis units with a physician's prescription,

ultrasound, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation units and functional

electrical stimulation, or microcurrent devices; and

(9) "Superficial physical agent modalities" means hot packs, cold packs, ice,

fluidotherapy, paraffin, water, and other commercially available superficial heating

and cooling devices.