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1 AN ACT concerning the regulation of professions.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice
5 Act is amended by changing Section 2 and adding Sections 3.1,
6 3.2, and 11.1 as follows:
7 (225 ILCS 75/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 3702)
8 Sec. 2. Definitions. In this Act:
9 (1) "Department" means the Department of Professional
10 Regulation.
11 (2) "Director" means the Director of Professional
12 Regulation.
13 (3) "Board" means the Illinois Occupational Therapy
14 Board appointed by the Director.
15 (4) "Registered occupational therapist" means a person
16 licensed to practice occupational therapy as defined in this
17 Act, and whose license is in good standing.
18 (5) "Certified occupational therapy assistant" means a
19 person licensed to assist in the practice of occupational
20 therapy under the supervision of a registered occupational
21 therapist, and to implement the occupational therapy
22 treatment program as established by the registered
23 occupational therapist. Such program may include training in
24 activities of daily living, the use of therapeutic activity
25 including task oriented activity to enhance functional
26 performance, and guidance in the selection and use of
27 adaptive equipment.
28 (6) "Occupational therapy" means the therapeutic use of
29 purposeful and meaningful occupations or goal-directed
30 activities to evaluate and provide interventions for
31 individuals and populations who have a disease or disorder,
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1 an impairment, an activity limitation, or a participation
2 restriction that interferes with their ability to function
3 independently in their daily life roles and to promote health
4 and wellness. Occupational therapy intervention may include
5 any of the following:
6 (a) remediation or restoration of performance
7 abilities that are limited due to impairment in
8 biological, physiological, psychological, or neurological
9 processes;
10 (b) adaptation of task, process, or the environment
11 or the teaching of compensatory techniques in order to
12 enhance performance;
13 (c) disability prevention methods and techniques
14 that facilitate the development or safe application of
15 performance skills; and
16 (d) health promotion strategies and practices that
17 enhance performance abilities.
18 The registered occupational therapist or certified
19 occupational therapy assistant may assume a variety of roles
20 in his or her career including, but not limited to,
21 practitioner, supervisor of professional students and
22 volunteers, researcher, scholar, consultant, administrator,
23 faculty, clinical instructor, and educator of consumers,
24 peers, and family.
25 (7) "Occupational therapy services" means services that
26 may be provided to individuals and populations including,
27 without limitation, the following:
28 (a) evaluating, developing, improving, sustaining,
29 or restoring skills in activities of daily living, work,
30 or productive activities, including instrumental living
31 and play and leisure activities;
32 (b) evaluating, developing, improving, or restoring
33 sensory motor, cognitive, or psychosocial components of
34 performance;
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1 (c) designing, fabricating, applying, or training
2 in the use of assistive technology or temporary, orthoses
3 and training in the use of orthoses and prostheses;
4 (d) adapting environments and processes, including
5 the application of ergonomic principles, to enhance
6 performance and safety in daily life roles;
7 (e) for occupational therapists possessing advanced
8 training, skill, and competency as demonstrated through
9 examinations that shall be determined by the Department,
10 applying physical agent modalities as an adjunct to or in
11 preparation for engagement in occupations;
12 (f) evaluating and providing intervention in
13 collaboration with the client, family, caregiver, or
14 others;
15 (g) educating the client, family, caregiver, or
16 others in carrying out appropriate nonskilled
17 interventions; and
18 (h) consulting with groups, programs,
19 organizations, or communities to provide population-based
20 services.
21 (8) "An aide in occupational therapy" means an
22 individual who provides supportive services to occupational
23 therapy practitioners but who is not certified by a
24 nationally recognized occupational therapy certifying or
25 licensing body. the evaluation of functional performance
26 ability of persons impaired by physical illness or injury,
27 emotional disorder, congenital or developmental disability,
28 or the aging process, and the analysis, selection and
29 application of occupations or goal directed activities, for
30 the treatment or prevention of these disabilities to achieve
31 optimum functioning. Occupational therapy services include,
32 but are not limited to activities of daily living (ADL); the
33 design fabrication and application or splints, administration
34 and interpretation of standardized tests to identify
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1 dysfunctions, sensory-integrative and perceptual motor
2 activities, the use of task oriented activities, guidance in
3 the selection and use of assistive devices, goal oriented
4 activities directed toward enhancing functional performance,
5 prevocational evaluation and vocational training, and
6 consultation in the adaptation of physical environments for
7 the handicapped. These services are provided to individuals
8 or groups through medical, health, educational, and social
9 systems. An occupational therapist may evaluate a person but
10 shall obtain a referral by a physician before treatment is
11 administered by the occupational therapist. An occupational
12 therapist shall refer to a licensed physician, dentist, or
13 podiatrist any patient whose medical condition should, at the
14 time of evaluation or treatment, be determined to be beyond
15 the scope of practice of the occupational therapist.
16 (Source: P.A. 88-424.)
17 (225 ILCS 75/3.1 new)
18 Sec. 3.1. Referrals. A registered occupational therapist
19 or certified occupational therapy assistant may consult with,
20 educate, evaluate, and monitor services for clients
21 concerning non-medical occupational therapy needs.
22 Implementation of direct occupational therapy to individuals
23 for their specific health care conditions shall be based upon
24 a referral from a licensed physician, dentist, podiatrist, or
25 optometrist.
26 An occupational therapist shall refer to a licensed
27 physician, dentist, optometrist, or podiatrist any patient
28 whose medical condition should, at the time of evaluation or
29 treatment, be determined to be beyond the scope of practice
30 of the occupational therapist.
31 (225 ILCS 75/3.2 new)
32 Sec. 3.2. Practice of optometry. No rule shall be
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1 adopted under this Act that allows an occupational therapist
2 to perform an act, task, or function primarily performed in
3 the lawful practice of optometry under the Illinois
4 Optometric Practice Act of 1987.
5 (225 ILCS 75/3.3 new)
6 Sec. 3.3. Rules. The Department shall promulgate rules
7 to define and regulate the activities of occupational therapy
8 aides.
9 (225 ILCS 75/11.1 new)
10 Sec. 11.1. Continuing education requirement. All
11 renewal applicants shall provide proof of having met the
12 continuing competency requirements set forth in the rules of
13 the Department. At a minimum, the rules shall require a
14 renewal applicant to provide proof of completing at least 12
15 units of continuing competency activities during the 2-year
16 licensing cycle for which he or she is currently licensed.
17 The Department shall provide by rule for an orderly process
18 for the reinstatement of licenses that have not been renewed
19 for failure to meet the continuing competency requirements.
20 The continuing competency requirements may be waived in cases
21 of extreme hardship as defined by rule.
22 The Department shall establish by rule a means for
23 verifying the completion of the continuing competency
24 required by this Section. This verification may be
25 accomplished through audits of records maintained by
26 licensees, by requiring the filing of continuing competency
27 certificates with the Department, or by any other means
28 established by the Department.
29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
30 January 1, 2002.
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