Sections
37 entriesSection 2570Establishes “Occupational Therapy Practice Act” as the name by which the chapter may be cited. The provision designates that exact title for…Section 2570.1Establishes legislative findings only, declaring that occupational therapy practice in California affects public health, safety, and welfare and that regulation and control…Section 2570.2Defines chapter terms including “appropriate supervision of an aide,” “aide,” “board,” “continuing competence,” “good standing,” “occupational therapist,” “occupational therapy assistant,” and “occupational…Section 2570.3Prohibits unlicensed occupational therapy practice or representation and licenses only individuals. Allows qualified occupational therapists to perform specified advanced practices after board-approved…Section 2570.4Exempts specified licensed professionals, supervised students, fieldwork participants, aides, and certain out-of-state occupational therapy practitioners from chapter restrictions. Allows an out-of-state licensee…Section 2570.5Allows a limited permit for a person who has completed the chapter's education and experience requirements, and allows an examination-eligible applicant awaiting…Section 2570.6Requires occupational therapist and assistant applicants to file the board’s written application and demonstrate good standing, approved or qualifying education, required supervised…Section 2570.7Allows a qualified occupational therapy licensure applicant to apply for examination and, subject to the chapter, reapply after failing. Requires every applicant…Section 2570.8Allows a person verifying a license issued under the chapter to rely on licensure information posted on the board’s website. Establishes that…Section 2570.9Requires the board to issue a license to any applicant who satisfies the requirements imposed by the chapter, pays the prescribed licensure…Section 2570.10Sets licenses issued under the chapter to expire unless renewed as prescribed by the board and allows late renewal under the referenced…Section 2570.11Allows the board, upon written request, to place an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant on inactive status when the licensee is…Section 2570.13Requires board rules ensuring appropriate supervision of occupational therapy assistants and aides consistent with the listed standards. Limits an occupational therapy assistant…Section 2570.14Requires an initial occupational therapy applicant who has not actively practiced within the past five years to provide, in addition to ordinary…Section 2570.15Requires occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants trained outside the United States and its possessions to satisfy the same examination requirements referenced…Section 2570.16Sets initial license and renewal fees at no more than $150 per year and an application fee at no more than $50.…Section 2570.17Requires the board, upon application and a $25 fee, to issue a retired license to an occupational therapist or assistant whose license…Section 2570.18Prohibits unauthorized occupational therapy practice representations and protected therapist or assistant titles, and treats unauthorized practice or representation as unfair business practice…Section 2570.18.5Requires occupational therapists to document evaluation, goals, treatment plans, and treatment summaries, and occupational therapy assistants to document services provided; both must…Section 2570.19Establishes the California Board of Occupational Therapy with three therapists, one assistant, and three public members; therapist and assistant members require five…Section 2570.19.5Establishes that repeal of the referenced section renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. The…Section 2570.20Requires the board to administer, coordinate, and enforce the chapter and evaluate licensure qualifications, and allows it to approve licensure examinations. Requires…Section 2570.21Allows the board, subject to the referenced statutory provisions, to employ an executive officer and other officers and employees. The employment authority…Section 2570.22Requires all fees collected by the board to be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the Occupational Therapy Fund, which…Section 2570.23Sets a violation of the specified occupational-therapy practice provision as a misdemeanor punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of up to $5,000,…Section 2570.24Establishes severability for the chapter, so a provision or application held invalid does not affect other provisions or applications that can operate…Section 2570.25Requires protection of the public to be the California Board of Occupational Therapy's highest priority when exercising licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions.…Section 2570.26Allows the board, after a hearing, to deny, suspend, revoke, or place on probation a license, inactive license, or limited permit. Defines…Section 2570.27Allows the board to discipline a licensee through probation, suspension of the license and practice right for up to one year, revocation,…Section 2570.28Allows the board to deny or discipline occupational therapy licensees for specified misconduct, including incompetence, gross or repeated negligence, fraud, crimes, abuse,…Section 2570.29Defines unlawful or unsafe controlled-substance, dangerous-drug, dangerous-device, alcohol, related conviction, commitment, and record-falsification conduct by a person licensed under the chapter as…Section 2570.30Extends the board’s jurisdiction to investigate, act, discipline, or decide to suspend or revoke a license despite the license’s expiration, lapse, suspension,…Section 2570.31Prohibits a license holder from practicing occupational therapy during a suspension. Requires reinstatement when the suspension term expires, subject to any remaining…Section 2570.32Allows a disciplined licensee to petition after three years for non-illness revocation, two years to end probation of at least three years,…Section 2570.36Requires a licensee who knows that an applicant or licensee may be violating, or has violated, statutes or regulations administered by the…Section 2571Allows an occupational therapist approved for physical agent modalities to apply topical medications prescribed by a listed authorized practitioner if board regulations…Section 2572Defines an occupational therapy corporation as a corporation authorized to render professional services when the corporation and its shareholders, officers, directors, and…