Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 324
Occupations and Professions General Provisions
←324.045
Section 324.050.1
324.056→
August 28, 2015
Occupational therapy practice act--definitions.
324.050. 1. Sections 324.050 to 324.089 shall be known and may be cited
as the "Occupational Therapy Practice Act".
2. For the purposes of sections 324.050 to 324.089, the following terms
mean:
(1) "Board", the Missouri board of occupational therapy;
(2) "Certifying entity", the nongovernmental agency or association which
certifies or registers individuals who have completed academic and training
requirements;
(3) "Director", the director of the division of professional
registration;
(4) "Division", the division of professional registration;
(5) "Occupational therapist", a person licensed to practice occupational
therapy as defined in this section and whose license issued pursuant to
sections 324.050 to 324.089;
(6) "Occupational therapy", the use of purposeful activity or
interventions designed to achieve functional outcomes which promote health,
prevent injury or disability and which develop, improve, sustain or restore
the highest possible level of independence of any individual who has an
injury, illness, cognitive impairment, psychosocial dysfunction, mental
illness, developmental or learning disability, physical disability or other
disorder or condition. It shall include assessment by means of skill
observation or evaluation through the administration and interpretation of
standardized or nonstandardized tests and measurements. Occupational therapy
services include, but are not limited to:
(a) The assessment and provision of treatment in consultation with the
individual, family or other appropriate persons;
(b) Interventions directed toward developing, improving, sustaining or
restoring daily living skills, including self-care skills and activities
that involve interactions with others and the environment, work readiness or
work performance, play skills or leisure capacities or enhancing educational
performances skills;
(c) Developing, improving, sustaining or restoring sensorimotor,
oral-motor, perceptual or neuromuscular functioning; or emotional,
motivational, cognitive or psychosocial components of performance; and
(d) Education of the individual, family or other appropriate persons in
carrying out appropriate interventions.
Such services may encompass assessment of need and the design, development,
adaptation, application or training in the use of assistive technology
devices; the design, fabrication or application of rehabilitative technology
such as selected orthotic devices, training in the use of orthotic or
prosthetic devices; the application of ergonomic principles; the adaptation
of environments and processes to enhance functional performance; or the
promotion of health and wellness;
(7) "Occupational therapy aide", a person who assists in the practice of
occupational therapy under the direct supervision of an occupational
therapist or occupational therapy assistant at all times and whose activities
require an understanding of occupational therapy but do not require training
in the basic anatomical, biological, psychological and social sciences
involved in the practice of occupational therapy;
(8) "Occupational therapy assistant", a person who is licensed as an
occupational therapy assistant by the division, in collaboration with the
board. The function of an occupational therapy assistant is to assist an
occupational therapist in the delivery of occupational therapy services in
compliance with federal regulations and rules promulgated by the division, in
collaboration with the Missouri board of occupational therapy.
(L. 1997 S.B. 141 §§ 1, 2, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2008 S.B. 788)
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324.050. 1. Sections 324.050 to 324.089 shall be known and may be
cited as the "Occupational Therapy Practice Act".
2. For the purposes of sections 324.050 to 324.089, the following
terms mean:
(1) "Board", the Missouri board of occupational therapy;
(2) "Certifying entity", the nongovernmental agency or association
which certifies or registers individuals who have completed academic and
training requirements;
(3) "Director", the director of the division of professional
registration;
(4) "Division", the division of professional registration of the
department of economic development;
(5) "Occupational therapist", a person licensed to practice
occupational therapy as defined in this section and whose license issued
pursuant to sections 324.050 to 324.089;
(6) "Occupational therapy", the use of purposeful activity or
interventions designed to achieve functional outcomes which promote health,
prevent injury or disability and which develop, improve, sustain or restore
the highest possible level of independence of any individual who has an
injury, illness, cognitive impairment, psychosocial dysfunction, mental
illness, developmental or learning disability, physical disability or other
disorder or condition. It shall include assessment by means of skill
observation or evaluation through the administration and interpretation of
standardized or nonstandardized tests and measurements. Occupational
therapy services include, but are not limited to:
(a) The assessment and provision of treatment in consultation with
the individual, family or other appropriate persons;
(b) Interventions directed toward developing, improving, sustaining
or restoring daily living skills, including self-care skills and activities
that involve interactions with others and the environment, work readiness
or work performance, play skills or leisure capacities or enhancing
educational performances skills;
(c) Developing, improving, sustaining or restoring sensorimotor,
oral-motor, perceptual or neuromuscular functioning; or emotional,
motivational, cognitive or psychosocial components of performance; and
(d) Education of the individual, family or other appropriate persons
in carrying out appropriate interventions.
Such services may encompass assessment of need and the design, development,
adaptation, application or training in the use of assistive technology
devices; the design, fabrication or application of rehabilitative
technology such as selected orthotic devices, training in the use of
orthotic or prosthetic devices; the application of ergonomic principles;
the adaptation of environments and processes to enhance functional
performance; or the promotion of health and wellness;
(7) "Occupational therapy aide", a person who assists in the practice
of occupational therapy under the direct supervision of an occupational
therapist or occupational therapy assistant at all times and whose
activities require an understanding of occupational therapy but do not
require training in the basic anatomical, biological, psychological and
social sciences involved in the practice of occupational therapy;
(8) "Occupational therapy assistant", a person who is licensed as an
occupational therapy assistant by the division, in collaboration with the
board. The function of an occupational therapy assistant is to assist an
occupational therapist in the delivery of occupational therapy services in
compliance with federal regulations and rules promulgated by the division,
in collaboration with the Missouri board of occupational therapy.
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