Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 54315 - Occupational Therapy Services
(a) Occupational therapy services shall:
(1) Reevaluate the participant as the
condition changes and modify treatment goals consistent with these
changes.
(2) Decrease or eliminate
disability during participant's initial phase of recovery following injury or
illness.
(3) Increase or maintain
the participant's capability for independence.
(4) Enhance the participant's physical,
emotional and social well-being.
(5) Develop function to a maximum
level.
(6) Guide participants in
the use of therapeutic, creative and self-care activities for improving
function.
(7) Require that
occupational therapists:
(A) Record
treatments, each day, in the participant's health record. Each entry shall be
signed.
(B) Record quarterly
progress notes. Each entry shall be signed and dated.
(C) Review and initial all evaluations and
the discharge summary.
(8) Develop personnel policies which define
the occupational therapy responsibilities and the duties assigned to the
occupational therapy assistant.
(b) Occupational therapy staff shall meet the
following requirements:
(1) The occupational
therapy service shall be under the direction of an occupational
therapist.
(2) The occupational
therapist and occupational therapy assistant shall work the hours necessary to
accomplish those tasks required by the individualized plan of care within the
staffing requirements stated in Section
54423.
(c) The occupational therapy service shall
provide:
(1) Equipment and supplies for
creative skills. This may include, but is not limited to leatherwork, weaving,
needlework, ceramics, woodworking, painting and graphic arts.
(2) Means and supplies for adapting equipment
for reeducation in activities of daily living.
(3) Therapeutic exercises, sensory
stimulation and coordinating exercise concentrating on the range of motion of
the upper extremities.
(4)
Evaluation of needed splints or slings to increase or maintain functional use
of the upper extremities.
(d) Adequate space shall be provided for the
necessary occupational therapy equipment needed to provide occupational
therapy. Space can be used for other services during times when occupational
therapy services are not being given.
Notes
Note: Authority cited: Chapter 1066, Statutes of 1977. Reference: Chapter 1066, Statutes of 1977.
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