California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 39 - Board of Occupational Therapy
Article 6 - Advanced Practices
Section 4150 - Definitions
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
For the purpose of this article:
(a) "ACOTE" means the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education.
(b) "Post professional education and training" means education and training obtained subsequent to the qualifying degree program or beyond current ACOTE standards for the qualifying degree program.
(c) "Contact hour" means sixty (60) minutes of coursework or classroom instruction.
(d) "Semester unit" means fifteen (15) contact hours.
(e) "Quarter unit" means ten (10) contact hours.
(f) "Rehabilitation of the hand, wrist, and forearm" as used in Code section 2570.2 (l) refers to occupational therapy services performed as a result of surgery or injury to the hand, wrist, or forearm.
(g) "Upper extremity" as used in Code section 2570.3(e) includes education relating to the hand, wrist, or forearm.
(h) "Swallowing" as used in Code section 2570.3 is the passage of food, liquid, or medication through the pharyngeal and esophageal phases of the swallowing process.
(i) "Instrumental evaluation" is the assessment of any aspect of swallowing using imaging studies that include, but are not limited to, endoscopy and videofluoroscopy.
1. New article
6 (sections
4150-4155) and section filed
3-9-2004; operative 3-9-2004 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2004, No. 11).
2. Amendment of subsection (c), new
subsection (g) and subsection relettering filed 4-28-2011; operative 5-28-2011
(Register 2011, No. 17).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 2570.3 and 2570.20, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 2570.2 and 2570.3, Business and Professions Code.