(1)  There is created the Board of Recreational Therapy, consisting of:

Terms Used In Utah Code 58-40-201

  • Adjudicative proceeding: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Board: means the Board of Recreational Therapy created in Section 58-40-201. See Utah Code 58-40-102
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • therapeutic recreation: means a person-centered process that uses recreation and psychoeducational activities as intervention tools to improve the physical, cognitive, social, behavioral, emotional, or spiritual well-being of a person with an illness or a disability. See Utah Code 58-40-102
  • Unprofessional conduct: is a s defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-40-502. See Utah Code 58-40-102
(a)  two master therapeutic recreation specialists;

(b)  one therapeutic recreation specialist;

(c)  one therapeutic recreation technician; and

(d)  one member of the general public.

(2)  The board shall be appointed and serve in accordance with Section 58-1-201.

(3) 

(a)  The duties and responsibilities of the board shall be in accordance with Sections 58-1-202 and 58-1-203.

(b)  In addition, the board shall designate one of its members on a permanent rotating basis to:

(i)  assist the division in reviewing complaints concerning the unlawful or unprofessional conduct of a licensee; and

(ii)  advise the division in its investigation of these complaints.

(4)  A board member who has, under Subsection (3), reviewed a complaint or advised in the investigation of a complaint may be disqualified from participating with the board when the board serves as a presiding officer in an adjudicative proceeding relating to the complaint.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 82, 2012 General Session