Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3014

  • Occupational therapist: means a person who is certified as an occupational therapist, registered (OTR) by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3003
  • Occupational therapy: means the application of any activity in which one engages for the purposes of evaluation, interpretation, treatment planning, and treatment of problems interfering with functional performance in persons impaired by physical illness or injury, emotional disorders, congenital or developmental disabilities, or the aging process, in order to achieve optimum functioning and prevention and health maintenance. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3003
  • Occupational therapy assistant: means a person who is certified as a certified occupational therapy assistant (COTA) by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3003
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, unincorporated association, or corporate body, except that only an individual may be licensed under this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3003

            A. No person who is not licensed pursuant to this Chapter as an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant, or whose license has been suspended or revoked, shall use, in connection with his name or place of business, the words “occupational therapy assistant”, “occupational therapist”, “licensed occupational therapist”, “occupational therapist, registered”, “licensed certified occupational therapy assistant”, “certified occupational therapy assistant”, or the letters, “OT”, “LOT”, “OTA”, “LOTA”, “LOTR”, “OTR”, “LCOTA”, “COTA”, or any other words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying that he is an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant, or in any way, orally, in writing, in print, or by sign, directly or by implication, represent himself as an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant.

            B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

            Added by Acts 1979, No. 566, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §3; Acts 2023, No. 263, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.