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Public Act 92-0366
SB527 Enrolled LRB9204908LBgc
AN ACT concerning the regulation of professions.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice
Act is amended by changing Section 2 and by adding Section
3.2 as follows:
(225 ILCS 75/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 3702)
Sec. 2. In this Act:
(1) "Department" means the Department of Professional
Regulation.
(2) "Director" means the Director of Professional
Regulation.
(3) "Board" means the Illinois Occupational Therapy
Board appointed by the Director.
(4) "Registered Occupational Therapist" means a person
licensed to practice occupational therapy as defined in this
Act, and whose license is in good standing.
(5) "Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant" means a
person licensed to assist in the practice of occupational
therapy under the supervision of a Registered Occupational
Therapist, and to implement the occupational therapy
treatment program as established by the Registered
Occupational Therapist. Such program may include training in
activities of daily living, the use of therapeutic activity
including task oriented activity to enhance functional
performance, and guidance in the selection and use of
adaptive equipment.
(6) "Occupational Therapy" means the evaluation of
functional performance ability of persons impaired by
physical illness or injury, emotional disorder, congenital or
developmental disability, or the aging process, and the
analysis, selection and application of occupations or goal
directed activities, for the treatment or prevention of these
disabilities to achieve optimum functioning. Occupational
therapy services include, but are not limited to activities
of daily living (ADL); the design fabrication and application
or splints, administration and interpretation of standardized
tests to identify dysfunctions, sensory-integrative and
perceptual motor activities, the use of task oriented
activities, guidance in the selection and use of assistive
devices, goal oriented activities directed toward enhancing
functional performance, prevocational evaluation and
vocational training, and consultation in the adaptation of
physical environments for the handicapped. These services
are provided to individuals or groups through medical,
health, educational, and social systems. An occupational
therapist may evaluate a person but shall obtain a referral
by a physician or optometrist before treatment is
administered by the occupational therapist. An occupational
therapist shall refer to a licensed physician, dentist,
optometrist, or podiatrist any patient whose medical
condition should, at the time of evaluation or treatment, be
determined to be beyond the scope of practice of the
occupational therapist.
(Source: P.A. 88-424.)
(225 ILCS 75/3.2 new)
Sec. 3.2. Practice of optometry. An occupational
therapist may not perform an act, task, or function primarily
performed in the lawful practice of optometry under the
Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987.
Passed in the General Assembly May 23, 2001.
Approved August 15, 2001.
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