58-40-501.  Unlawful conduct.
     “Unlawful conduct” includes:

(1)  providing, leading, facilitating, teaching, or offering to provide or teach recreational therapy services unless licensed under this chapter or exempted from licensure under Section 58-1-307 or 58-40-305; and

Terms Used In Utah Code 58-40-501

  • Practice of recreational therapy: means to engage in the paid performance of providing recreational therapy services according to the therapeutic recreation process to a person with an emotional, social, intellectual, or physical pathology. See Utah Code 58-40-102
  • Recreational therapy services: include :
(i) assessing a person's need for recreational therapy treatment or intervention;
(ii) developing an individualized treatment or intervention plan that identifies goals, objectives, and treatment strategies for a person;
(iii) implementing the individualized treatment or intervention plan;
(iv) documenting a person's response to the individualized treatment or intervention plan, including documenting the overall outcome of the person's treatment;
(v) regularly evaluating a person's response to the individualized treatment or intervention plan and modifying the plan when appropriate;
(vi) in collaboration with a person, the person's family, or other team members, developing a discharge or transition plan for the person;
(vii) serving as a resource to help a person find recreation opportunities that will promote the person's physical, cognitive, social, behavioral, emotional, or spiritual health and well-being; and
(viii) organizing and managing recreational services according to a written plan of operation as defined by rule of the division. See Utah Code 58-40-102
(2)  using the initials MTRS, TRS, or TRT, or other abbreviation, term, title, or sign relating to the practice of recreational therapy services unless licensed under this chapter.

Amended by Chapter 339, 2020 General Session