Chapter OT 4
PRACTICE AND SUPERVISION
OT 4.01 Authority and purpose. OT 4.02 Scope of practice. OT 4.03 Standards of practice. OT 4.04 Supervision and practice of occupational therapy assistants. OT 4.05 Supervision of non-licensed personnel and therapy aides. OT 4.01OT 4.01 Authority and purpose. The rules in this chapter are adopted by the board under the authority of ss. 15.085 (5) (b), 227.11 (2) and 448.965, Stats., to govern the standards of practice and supervision requirements for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants. OT 4.01 HistoryHistory: CR 02-026: cr. Register December 2002 No. 564, eff. 1-1-03. OT 4.02(1)(1) “Occupational therapy,” as defined at s. 448.96 (5), Stats., may include the following interventions: OT 4.02(1)(a)(a) Remediation or restitution of performance abilities that are limited due to impairment in biological, physiological, psychological or neurological processes. OT 4.02(1)(b)(b) Adaptation of task, process or environment, or the teaching of compensatory techniques, in order to enhance performance. OT 4.02(1)(c)(c) Disability prevention methods and techniques which facilitate the development or safe application of performance skills. OT 4.02(1)(d)(d) Health promotion strategies and practices which enhance performance abilities. OT 4.02(2)(2) Occupational therapy interventions include the following: OT 4.02 NoteNote: A comprehensive list of occupational therapy interventions can be found in the Model Practice Act of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The AOTA may be contacted on the web at www.aota.org or by mail at American occupational therapy association, P.O. Box 31220, Bethesda, MD 20824-1220. OT 4.02(2)(a)(a) Screening, evaluating, developing, improving, sustaining, or restoring skills in activities of daily living, work or productive activities, instrumental activities of daily living, play, leisure activities, rest and sleep, education and social participation. OT 4.02(2)(b)(b) Evaluating, developing, remediating, or restoring sensorimotor, sensoriperceptual neuromusculoskeletal, emotional regulation, cognition, communication, social skills, or psychosocial components of performance. OT 4.02(2)(c)(c) Designing, fabricating or training in the use of assistive technology, upper extremity orthotic devices and lower extremity positioning orthotic devices. OT 4.02(2)(d)(d) Training in the use of prosthetic devices, excluding gait training. OT 4.02(2)(e)(e) Adaptation of environments and processes, including the application of ergonomic principles, to enhance performance and safety in daily life roles. OT 4.02(2)(f)(f) Application of physical agent modalities. Application is performed by an experienced therapist with demonstrated and documented evidence of theoretical background, technical skill and competence.