58-42a-304.  Exemptions from licensure.
     In addition to the exemptions from licensure in Section 58-1-307, the following may engage in the stated limited acts or practices without being licensed under this chapter:

(1)	a person licensed in the state who is engaging in the practice of the person’s profession or occupation as defined in statute under which the person is licensed;

(i)	establishing, remediating, or restoring an undeveloped or impaired skill or ability of an individual;

(ii)	modifying or adapting an activity or environment to enhance an individual's performance;

(iii)

maintaining and improving an individual's capabilities to avoid declining performance in everyday life activities;

(iv)	promoting health and wellness to develop or improve an individual's performance in everyday life activities;

(v)	performance-barrier prevention for an individual, including disability prevention;

(vi)

evaluating factors that affect an individual's activities of daily living in educational, work, play, leisure, and social situations, including: (A)  body functions and structures; (B)  habits, routines, roles, and behavioral patterns; (C)  cultural, physical, environmental, social, virtual, and spiritual contexts and activity demands that affect performance; and (D)  motor, process, communication, interaction, and other performance skills;

(vii)

providing interventions and procedures to promote or enhance an individual's safety and performance in activities of daily living in educational, work, and social situations, including: (A)  the therapeutic use of occupations and exercises; (B)  training in self-care, self-management, home-management, and community and work reintegration; (C)  the development, remediation, or compensation of behavioral skills and physical, cognitive, neuromuscular, and sensory functions; (D)  the education and training of an individual's family members and caregivers; (E)  care coordination, case management, and transition services; (F)  providing consulting services to groups, programs, organizations, or communities, (G)  modifying the environment and adapting processes, including the application of ergonomic principles; (H)  assessing, designing, fabricating, applying, fitting, and providing training in assistive technology, adaptive devices, orthotic devices, and prosthetic devices; (I)  assessing, recommending, and training an individual in techniques to enhance functional mobility, including wheelchair management; (J)  driver rehabilitation and community mobility; (K)  enhancing eating and feeding performance; and (L)  applying physical agent modalities, managing wound care, and using manual therapy techniques to enhance an individual's performance skills, if the occupational therapist has received the necessary training as determined by division rule in collaboration with the board. See Utah Code 58-42a-102 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. (2)  a person pursuing a course of study leading to a degree for the practice of occupational therapy at an accredited education program, if that person is acting under appropriate supervision and is designated by a title that clearly indicates the person’s status as a student; and (3)  a person fulfilling the supervised fieldwork experience requirements for licensure described in Section 58-42a-302, if the person is acting under appropriate supervision and is designated by a title that clearly indicates the person is performing supervised fieldwork experience to qualify for a license under this chapter. Amended by Chapter 432, 2015 General Session   Previous section Next section    Part 3 Contents