Utah Code 58-40-601. Scope of practice

(1)

A master therapeutic recreation specialist licensed under this chapter may:

Terms Used In Utah Code 58-40-601

Assessment: includes :

(i)	a record review;

(ii)	the implementation of standardized and non-standardized instruments, tests, and measurements; and

(iii)

the skilled observation and interview of a person. 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

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

Treatment or intervention plan: means a written record containing the information required by Section 58-40-602, which is composed for each patient by a person licensed under this chapter as a master therapeutic recreation specialist or a therapeutic recreation specialist. See Utah Code 58-40-102

(a)

practice recreational therapy:

(i)	as an employee of a hospital, clinic, agency, or other facility;

(ii)	in private practice; or

(iii)

as a consultant; and

(b)	supervise and train other licensees under this chapter.

(2)

A therapeutic recreation specialist licensed under this chapter:

(a)	may practice recreational therapy as the employee of a hospital, clinic, agency, or other facility;

(b)	may not practice recreational therapy in private practice or as a consultant; and

(c)	may supervise other licensees under this chapter.

(3)

A therapeutic recreation technician:

(a)

may perform recreational therapy services if:

(i)	under the supervision of a master therapeutic recreation specialist or a therapeutic recreation specialist employed full-time and on-site in the same hospital, clinic, or facility; or

(ii)	in consultation with a master therapeutic recreation specialist;

(b)

may maintain the ongoing documentation of services provided in accordance with a treatment or intervention plan if:

(i)	under the supervision of either a master therapeutic recreation specialist or a therapeutic recreation specialist employed full-time and on-site in the same hospital, clinic, or facility; or

(ii)	in consultation with a master therapeutic recreation specialist;

(c)	may perform the portion of an assessment described in Subsection 58-40-102(2)(a)(i);

(d)	may not perform the portion of an assessment described in Subsection 58-40-102(2)(a)(ii);

(e)	may not prescribe or create a treatment or intervention plan; and

(f)	may not approve or cosign a modification to a treatment or intervention plan.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 82, 2012 General Session

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