1. (a) Occupational therapy practitioners may develop or facilitate general purpose, occupation-based groups or classes including but not limited to handwriting groups, parent-child education classes, wellness-focused activities for facility residents, aquatics exercise groups, and cooking for diabetics classes.
2. (b) These services do not require individualized evaluation and plan of care services but practitioners may develop goals or curriculums for the group as a whole. If a participant requires individualized occupational therapy services, these may only be provided in accordance with §372.1 of this title (relating to Provision of Services).
3. (c) Supervision requirements for services provided pursuant to this section shall be completed in accordance with §373.3 of this title (relating to Supervision of an Occupational Therapy Assistant).
4. (d) When general purpose occupation-based instruction is being provided pursuant to §372.2, the OT must approve the curricular goals/program prior to the OTA's initiating instruction.

Source Note:The provisions of this §372.2 adopted to be effective July 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 4051.