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Oklahoma OT Scope of Practice |
How is occupational therapy defined in Oklahoma?
"Occupational therapy" is a health profession for which practitioners provide assessment, treatment, and consultation through the use of purposeful activity with individuals who are limited by or at risk of physical illness or injury, psycho-social dysfunction, developmental or learning disabilities, poverty and cultural differences or the aging process, in order to maximize independence, prevent disability, and maintain health.
What is included in the practice of occupational therapy?
Specific occupational therapy services include but are not limited to the use of media and methods such as:
- Instruction in daily living skills and cognitive retraining,
- Facilitating self-maintenance,
- Work and leisure skills,
- Using standardized or adapted techniques,
- Designing, fabricating, and applying selected orthotic equipment or selective adaptive equipment with instructions,
- Using therapeutically applied creative activities, exercise, and other media to enhance and restore functional performance,
- To administer and interpret tests which may include sensorimotor evaluation,
- Psycho-social assessments,
- Standardized or non-standardized tests, to improve developmental skills,
- Perceptual and motor skills, and sensory integrative function, and
- To adapt the environment for the handicapped.
These services are provided individually, in groups, via telehealth or through social system.
What is specifically excluded from the practice?
The OT or OTA shall not administer or dispense any scheduled or legend drug, except as directed by an authorized person.
Are there any special trainings or requirements?
N/A
Reference
Okla. Stat. tit, 59 § 888.3
Okla. Admin. Code § 435:30-1-6
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