Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1150-02-.01 - DEFINITIONS
As used in these rules, the terms and acronyms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them.
(1) The Act - The Occupational and Physical
Therapy Practice Act of 1984.
(2)
Advertising - Includes, but is not limited to, business solicitations, with or
without limiting qualifications, in a card, sign, or device issued to a person;
in a sign or marking in or on any building; or in any newspaper, magazine,
directory, or other printed matter. Advertising also includes business
solicitations communicated by individual(s), radio, video, or television
broadcasting or any other means designed to secure public attention.
(3) American Occupational Therapy Association
- When the acronym AOTA appears in these rules, it is intended to mean American
Occupational Therapy Association.
(4) Applicant - Any individual seeking
licensure by the Board who has submitted an official application and paid the
application fee.
(5) Board - The
Board of Occupational Therapy.
(6)
Board's administrative office - The office of the administrator assigned to the
board located at 227 French Landing, Suite 300, Heritage Place, MetroCenter,
Nashville, TN 37243.
(7) Board
Designee - Any person who has received a written delegation of authority from
the board to perform board functions subject to review and ratification by the
full board where provided by these rules.
(8) Closed File - An administrative action
which renders an incomplete or denied file inactive.
(9) Continued Competence - A dynamic,
multidimensional process in which an occupational therapist or an occupational
therapy assistant develops and maintains the knowledge, performance skills,
interpersonal abilities, critical reasoning skills, and ethical reasoning
skills necessary to perform his or her professional responsibilities.
(10) Department - Tennessee Department of
Health.
(11) Direct contact -
Observed treatment interventions, in-person review and/or discussion of
caseload and treatment planning.
(12) Division - The Division of Health
Related Boards, Department of Health, from which the board receives
administrative support.
(13)
Electrical Stimulation Certification - An authorization issued by the Board
when a licensed occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant has
successfully completed requirements to use a device, for which a federally
required prescription is necessary, that employs transcutaneous electrical
current (direct, alternating, or pulsatile) for the purpose of eliciting muscle
contraction, alleviating pain, reducing edema, or drug delivery.
(14) Examination Service - The testing
service whose written examination has been adopted by the board.
(15) Fee - Money, gifts, services, or
anything of value offered or received as compensation in return for rendering
services; also the fees required in Rule .06.
(16) Good Moral Character - The quality of
being well regarded in personal behavior and professional ethics.
(17) He/she Him/her - When "he" appears in
the text of these rules, the word represents both the feminine and masculine
genders.
(18) HRB - When the
acronym HRB appears in the text of these rules, HRB represents Health Related
Boards.
(19) License - Document
issued to an applicant who successfully completes the licensure process. The
certificate takes the form of an "artistically designed" license as well as
other versions bearing an expiration date.
(20) Licensed Occupational Therapist (OT) -
Any person who has met the qualifications for licensed occupational therapist
and holds a current, unsuspended or unrevoked license which has been lawfully
issued by the Board.
(21) Licensed
Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) - Any person who has met the
qualifications for licensed occupational therapy assistant and holds a current,
unsuspended or unrevoked, license which has been lawfully issued by the Board.
Such person assists and works under the supervision of a licensed occupational
therapist.
(22) Occupations -
Everyday life activities, named, organized, and given value and meaning by
individual and their culture. The term includes everything that people do to
occupy their time, including caring for their needs, enjoying life, and
contributing to the social and economic fabric of their communities.
(23) Person - Any individual, firm,
corporation, partnership, organization, or body politic.
(24) Recognized educational program - an
educational program in occupational therapy approved by the Board of
Occupational Therapy and accredited by the Accreditation Council of
Occupational Therapy Education in collaboration with the American Occupational
Therapy Association; or alternatively, as the case may be, an educational
program for occupational therapy assistants approved by the Board of
Occupational Therapy and the American Occupational Therapy
Association.
(25) Registrant - Any
person who has been lawfully issued a license.
(26) Relative - a parent, foster parent,
parent-in-law, child, spouse, brother, foster brother, sister, foster sister,
grandparent, grandchild, son-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law,
sister-in-law, or other family member who resides in the same
household.
(27) Supervision is
defined as the following:
(a) Continuous:
Within sight of the individual being supervised.
(b) Close: Daily direct contact at the site
of treatment.
(c) Routine: Direct
contact at least every two (2) weeks at the site of treatment, with interim
supervision occurring by other methods such as telephone or written
communication.
(d) General: At
least monthly direct contact with supervision available as needed by other
methods.
(e) Minimal:
1. For supervision of occupational
therapists, minimal supervision may be provided on an as-needed basis and may
be less than monthly.
2. For
supervision of occupational therapy assistants, minimal supervision is not
appropriate.
(28) Thermal Agents Certification - An
authorization issued by the Board when a licensed occupational therapist or
occupational therapy assistant has successfully completed requirements to use
thermal agents, for which a federally required prescription is necessary, that
include superficial heating agents (e.g., hot packs, paraffin), cryotherapy,
and deep heating agents (e.g., ultrasound).
(29) Unlicensed person - A person who
performs specific supportive tasks related to occupational therapy practice
under the direct supervision of an occupational therapist or an occupational
therapy assistant and whose activities do not require professional or advanced
training in the basic anatomical, biological, psychological and social sciences
involved in the provision of occupational therapy services. Such persons are
often referred to as aides, technicians, transporters or support
staff.
(30) Use of a title or
description - To hold oneself out to the public as having a particular status
by means of stating on signs, mailboxes, address plates, stationery,
announcements, business cards, or other means of professional
identification.
(31) Written
evidence - Includes, but is not limited to, written verification from
supervisors or other professional colleagues familiar with the applicant's
work.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. ยงยง 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 63-13-102, 63-13-103, 63-13-108, 63-13-202, 63-13-203, 63-13-204, 63-13-206, 63-13-207, 63-13-212, and 63-13-216.
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