- (a) Regardless of the practice setting, a licensed occupational therapist is solely responsible for the treatment and management of all aspects of occupational therapy care of the patient.
- (b) A licensed occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant may use nonlicensed personnel in the delivery of patient-related and non-patient related duties. Patient-related duties performed by non-licensed personnel are not considered the practice of occupational therapy.
- (c) A licensed occupational therapist shall assure the training of non-licensed personnel under the supervision of the occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant, and shall document that training.
- (d) The supervising occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant shall provide continual on-site supervision of non-licensed personnel who are performing patient-related duties.
- (e) Nothing in this section restricts the implementation by a teacher or teacher's aide of a program that meets the requirements of AS 08.84.150(b)(6).
(Eff. 11/24/2002, Register 164; am 6/10/2010, Register 194)
Authority: AS 08.84.010